hey guys im a newb and i searched and read but didnt really find any info on my problem- i have a 2004 ecotec and my slave cylinder blew out on the back side and made a pop sound when it did it and all the fluid ran out the inspection hole. i got a new one and got a new centerforce clutch ( i know i read the posts on how bad they are after i got it) and had them installed and the new one was blown out from the front of the slave cylinder so my mechanic and i ordered another one and it was the same way so we figured it was over extending so we got another one ( number three ). we thought it might be the centerforce clutch so we put a new stock clutch in it and it blew out with the stock clutch in it. so now i am stumped, my mechanic is stumped and our local dealership is stumped. i suspect that it might be the master cylinder putting out to much pressure because the last time we tried it we were able to get all the air out and try to crank it when that last push to crank it blew it out.
please help, somebody, this is my daily driver car and i have no ride right now and i have no clue where to go from here and i heard that master cylinders were expensive.
04 isn't it still under warranty?
ok- so we tried another slave only to have it pop just like the others. so i called up gm and they told me to put a new master cylinder on it and we did and popped another slave(#5) so after watching through the access hole and deciding that the clutch fingers do not stick out enough to make contact with the slave and after popping another slave(#6) i called centerforce and they tell me that they have never had this problem and that it is the right cutch and that they will give me my money back on it and to call who i got it from to send it back to them . so i call summit where i got my clutch at to send it back and they tell me that they have to inspect it before they will give me my money back and if there is nothing they find wrong with it i am stuck with it. and to make it even better gm will not help out with anything even though theyre answer of spending another $120 on a master cylinder didnt fix the problem. so now i have a new clutch that doesnt work and a new master cylinder that didnt fix what was wrong in the first place. thank you summit, gm and centerforce. time to order a spec like everyone else said do in the first place.
We had this problem when we did a Ecotec swap and goet a Mantapart clutch and flywheel set-up. Have you put it in with the factory pressure plate? Also are you using a factory flywheel? Our issue was the pressure plate was not the correct one.
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yeah it turns out that the centerforce pressure plate will not work with the slave because it is not as tall as the stock plate. the slave wont reach the fingers on the centerforce. we put the stock one back in and it works fine.
Ya, I have been having the same problem. MY third slave is going in tomorrow. However, I can say the tech at Centerforce (Brian) has been amazing in helping me out. They said it would be great if the could contact you Mike so I don't know if you want to or not but you can contact them at 928-771-8422 X36 for Brian.
Hey does anyone have the pn for the new style master cylinder with the braided line?
2000 Z24 5spd header & catback for now.
