confused about diesel clutch slave cylinder

[JonMs]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

Did it have the flexible plastic pipes as pictured?

That definitely looks like the original if it is

Brian

No it has metal pipes but apart from that it is indistinguishable from the original.

[marinabrian]

And I have just bought THIS

Lovely thanks for the AP part number

We will see if it comes as pictured

Brian

[JonMs]

Wow!! what a difference in price!

[JonMs]

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by JonMs

Wow!! what a difference in price!

Yes indeed, I paid over £100 for the LUK slave for my wife's car last year, so this one will be going into the ZT along with the genuine Landrover two part clutch I bought at the end of last year.



Somehow working on your own stuff seems to take a back seat, not that I really wanted to be lying on my back in the snow

Brian

[macafee2]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

And I have just bought THIS

Lovely thanks for the AP part number

We will see if it comes as pictured

Brian

Brian, I have asked the seller if he has another one. let me know what you think of it once it arrives please

macafee2

[Daveluck]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

I hope so too Phil, however, I'm fitting an LUK slave to the ZT at the end of the month.

A customer of mine asked about clutch fitting about a month back, he had a Borg and Beck two part with a Tazu slave.

I spun the bearing up, and it was bone dry of grease

Needless to say I point blank declined the job, and told him to send the slave back to his supplier for a refund.

Hello Brian, I have new replacement slave from tazu winging its way to me which they have promised me will work as it should. Can you tell me how you know if there is grease in the bearing please?

Cheers

Dave

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by Daveluck

Hello Brian, I have new replacement slave from tazu winging its way to me which they have promised me will work as it should. Can you tell me how you know if there is grease in the bearing please?

Cheers

Dave

Yes if it's greased the bearing will be silent and won't rotate freely when spun, if insufficient grease is present, you will hear the ball bearings rattling and it will be possible to spin the bearing freely.

Is this a warranty replacement, or are you taking a chance they've got it right second time around and bought another Dave?

Quite frankly there are more disadvantages than advantages in using a metallic cylinder rather than plastic, this comes from experiences of owning both classic cars with either aluminium or cast iron slave cylinders, and a 75 fitted with both Tazu slave and master, which I will be removing and replacing with standard components as soon as time allows

Brian

[Daveluck]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

Yes if it's greased the bearing will be silent and won't rotate freely when spun, if insufficient grease is present, you will hear the ball bearings rattling and it will be possible to spin the bearing freely.

Is this a warranty replacement, or are you taking a chance they've got it right second time around and bought another Dave?

Quite frankly there are more disadvantages than advantages in using a metallic cylinder rather than plastic, this comes from experiences of owning both classic cars with either aluminium or cast iron slave cylinders, and a 75 fitted with both Tazu slave and master, which I will be removing and replacing with standard components as soon as time allows

Brian

Thankyou Brian.

It is a warranty replacement. I dropped Tazu a note and told them of my noisey slave that I fitted in June. They have sent the replacement out apparently and I'm just waiting.

I got to the point of information overload regarding slaves. A little while ago the consider opinion was that a metal slave was best so I got that after my LUK failed just over 12 months old and just out of warranty.

Everything is at the moment working fine but I'm guessing it'll fail soon and then I'll replace it (again). Having said that, I've now got all the tools needed and the appropriate experience so I reckon I can drop the subframe and box and put it all back together in about 6 hours. What a PITA.

The next 75 will definatley be an auto!

[T16]

Originally Posted by JonMs

Is this made with the original tooling with a small AP logo somewhere on the plastic body? (cant remember where)

That looks bang on original.