DIY - Swap clutch slave cylinder and hydraulic line for improved feel and control

[Phantobe]

Anyone know what this clicking sound is?

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=givCLUxaX5E"]Clutch sound - YouTube[/ame]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Phantobe

Anyone know what this clicking sound is?

WTF? I couldn't hear shit with the rock crusher in the background.


Are you sure you don't have some air in there still?

[Phantobe]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

WTF? I couldn't hear shit with the rock crusher in the background.


Are you sure you don't have some air in there still?

Lmao yeaah uh they were doing pipework in the parking garage.

Yeah I'm sure when I bled it I was getting smooth fluid flow with no air pockets. Its just a small clicking noise I'm hearing! Everything works great I'm just a paranoid android lol.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Phantobe

Lmao yeaah uh they were doing pipework in the parking garage.

Yeah I'm sure when I bled it I was getting smooth fluid flow with no air pockets. Its just a small clicking noise I'm hearing! Everything works great I'm just a paranoid android lol.

No, that's something. Not like it's going to frag tomorrow but, hmmm... Is it up top, or deeper in the bell housing?

[Phantobe]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

No, that's something. Not like it's going to frag tomorrow but, hmmm... Is it up top, or deeper in the bell housing?

More up top.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Phantobe

More up top.

Remember when we were texting back and forth I mentioned how the piston in my replacement cylinder had a sloppy counterbore for the pushrod? It can wiggle around.

Try feeling for the click on that pushrod while someone else pushes the clutch. I wonder if it isn't something there.

[Phantobe]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Remember when we were texting back and forth I mentioned how the piston in my replacement cylinder had a sloppy counterbore for the pushrod? It can wiggle around.

Try feeling for the click on that pushrod while someone else pushes the clutch. I wonder if it isn't something there.

Can't seem to pin point it...

Reading on the forums there are a bunch of quirky issues clicking etc with our clutches.

[2much]

off topic... where are you 2 in socal? just curious

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by 2much

off topic... where are you 2 in socal? just curious

I'm in SW Washington, otherwise I'd cruise over to Phantobe's pad and lend a hand.

Wish I could.

[Koa]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Honestly, I can't get over all the time and effort they put into the "feel" for this machine and nobody bitched about the clutch? I'd like to meet the responsibles just so I could wag my finger and shame them.

Next on my list are engine mounts and such to get rid of the first gear boinga-boinga-boinga... It's a sports car FFS! Talk about grenading stuff, the wheel hop scares the shit out of me.

Perrin mounts are going in within the month. I'll report how I like 'em

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Koa

Perrin mounts are going in within the month. I'll report how I like 'em

I've filmed the engine rocking so there's a lot to control there. Guaranteed bump in NVH, though. I know I'm preaching to the choir.

Thinking of mounting the camera underneath to see if I can get an idea of where else we get the big wiggles.

[Koa]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I've filmed the engine rocking so there's a lot to control there. Guaranteed bump in NVH, though. I know I'm preaching to the choir.

Thinking of mounting the camera underneath to see if I can get an idea of where else we get the big wiggles.

Anything to stop that last bit of rubber-banding..

This is a very shallow and uneducated guess at what's happening, but ever since I tightened up the driveline with upgraded diff, outrigger, subframe, and transmission mounts.. the yaw-ing has changed to become much more forward. All and all it's better, but I am in stop and go traffic for at LEAST a couple hours a day. So I have had ample time to feel this out, and it definitely has shifted yawing forward. I'm thinking energy is being thrown at the mounts as they are now dispropotionally weaker than the rest of the system. Am I crazy or dumb or both?

[Phantobe]

Originally Posted by 2much

off topic... where are you 2 in socal? just curious

Im in Anaheim.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Koa

Anything to stop that last bit of rubber-banding..

This is a very shallow and uneducated guess at what's happening, but ever since I tightened up the driveline with upgraded diff, outrigger, subframe, and transmission mounts.. the yaw-ing has changed to become much more forward. All and all it's better, but I am in stop and go traffic for at LEAST a couple hours a day. So I have had ample time to feel this out, and it definitely has shifted yawing forward. I'm thinking energy is being thrown at the mounts as they are now dispropotionally weaker than the rest of the system. Am I crazy or dumb or both?

No, you are neither. It's all about the weakest link. the best bang for your stiffness buck is closest to the torsional axes. Draw a line through the engine and diff, then another between the rear wheels. I'm thinking all 3 diff mounts are good candidates but especially the front mount. I haven't started reading up on it. Just need to separate the good solutions from the snake oil.

I bet those Perrin mounts are going to be dramatic.

edit: Duh, you already did the diff mounts.