How to change a slave cylinder????

[Pal318is]

Guys,

Does anyone know how to changet the clutch slave cylinder?? I ain't done one before, so any help would be much appreciated. I have post this thread for my brother....rips318is..

Respek

Pal

[Richy325iTouring]

Slave is held on with 2 11mm bolts on the geabox i think they 11mm

you need to undo the pipefirst though and then undo the2 bolts replace with newslave replace pipefill up res and then bleed tillyou get a good clutch

shouldnt take to long

[Turbo-Brown]

Thought they were 13mm?

Anyhoo, the top one's a bit of a pain to get to.

Also, just through preference, I'd undo the cylinder from the bellhousing and then undo the union as access is a bit better then, although if it's stiff this might be a problem.

I'd recommend getting one of those 13mm spanners with a bit missing to undo the union.

[Richy325iTouring]

the could be i cant remember and ionly took one off 2 weeks ago lol

[Templ8e30]

The 2 mounting bolts are 12mm sometimes 13mm and the hydraulic hose union is 11mm.

An 11mm flared brake spanner is perfect to avoid rounding the buggers off

Cheers,

Iain T

[A1BMW325iSport]

mine took just minutes to fit, wd40 and a quality spanners are recommended, make sure you bleed it well though afterwards, i used my easibleed

[Brianmoooore]

If you put a proper brake hose clamp (not molegrips) on the flexible hose, or put a piece of clingfilm under the clutch resevoir cap, the clutch shouldn't need bleeding afterwards.
When you've finished, remove the clamp or clingfilm and open the bleed nipple. It should bleed itself by gravity.

[Gwynleym10]

The slave is held by 13mm bolts, had mine off at the weekend. A socket with a couple od extensions get the top bolt off easily.

Are you changing the master cyclinder as well? as when one fails the other is pretty likely to fail soon.

Buy the more expensive ones from GSF/EURO as the cheapo ones really do feel cheapo. Ask to compare them if you don't believe me.

[rips318is]

where is the bleed nipple for this thing?????

[Andy325i]

the bleed nipple is at a 45 degree angle on the back of the slave cylinder

Andy