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... a good machinist would be a good help... have u tried any junkyards?
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Agreed, but the one I know lives about 60 miles away. I think I'll get on ok fabricating this with the grinder and drill press. Yeah, I've tried every junkyard listed, and they all seem to want to sell the master/slave setup only with the push-rod, and won't sell it separately. I've heard the suggestion to fabricate my own twice now. The mechanic that suggested this said this was a "mule part" -- doesn't have to be very bright, just needs to push and not crumple under the load, and added that it's just a silly push-rod, not part of the space shuttle. He's got a point. He said he'd done it several times and it just ain't much of a trick. So I'll try that. I'm going to be sure to polish the ends, soas not to cause undue wear, and I'll eventually chase down the right part.
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There is no bleeder screw on the external slave, I think what you're looking at is the quick-connect coupling.
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I've seen that stated before, so I had to try this one out. It appears to be a setscrew with a Torx T25 hole in it, and there's a tiny hole on the side of the part the screw goes into. So I filled the reservoir, and tried it, and it sure acts like a bleeder screw. A clutch specialty shop I called said that there were two types, and some do actually have this bleed setup. This guy said they throw them out, push-rod and all, when they replace the whole system with the new kit, and that I can come look through his scrap bin, so I think ultimately, this will yield one sometime in the future so I can do away with my temporary one.
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After installing you have to pump the hell out of the clutch and the air will work its way out, even more so after driving for a day or two. Keep us posted.
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Ya know, I wonder if Jeep had enough trouble with this that they eventually changed the part to include the bleeder. It doesn't make sense that there would be no way to do this, since it would also make building it more difficult. My part is marked 1996 by the wrecking yard where I got it, so I'll bet they changed it sometime after 1994.
I'll let you know the result when I get it the rest of the way together. Pretty cold in the garage now, since we had blizzard conditions here last night on our wind-blown hill, and things haven't warmed up yet. Thanks again ...
14erclimber