Clutch slave cylinder

[Briggs1]

Oh great wealth of knowledge....

Does anyone know the size c-clip that retains the clutch slave cylinder in the trans. housing.

Apparently I lost mine yesterday during a spirited roll in the countryside. Made for a very interesting ride home. Pushing through stop lights so I could pop it into gear.

Oh, the joys of owning a "classic" car.

The ride before the incident was spectacular though.

I could measure it but that means dismantling a lot. Thought I'd check here before getting into tearing things apart.

Thanks,

Briggs

["Ken Woodburn"]

Briggs,

The item you need is an external circlip with an inside diameter of 1".
Tools required are - small fingers, external circlip pliers, flat bladed
screwdriver ( to lever cylinder back into place ) and of course a jack.
Should take about three minutes start to finish. Good luck.

Regards
Ken W.

P.S. It would pay to check the retention lip on the slave cylinder has not
been damaged.
-----Original Message-----
From: Briggs Pletcher <***@***.***>
To: ***@***.*** <***@***.***>
Date: Saturday, 28 April 2001 09:19
Subject: [LotusElan.net] Clutch slave cylinder




could pop it into gear.

[paulatim2869]

Just replaced mine this week. I found that a 1" dia. (inside measure) fit
just fine. The hardest part was getting it on with the exhaust in
place...very difficult to get at. Good luck.

Tim McKay
69 +2

[Briggs1]

AMEN to that. Sort of humbles you. You know how simple the job is and it
turns out to be a royal pain in the neck. Took me an hour to get the
circlip on and bleed the system.

Several times I wanted to call the engineer that designed it and ask him
what he was smoking the day they decided to put the slave cylinder
under/above the exhaust. (Maybe its just that I have headers?)

Amazing how a $0.39 part can ruin a day of driving.

Nice day out, gotta give it a quick cleaning and then a quick (not short)
drive.

Happy Saturday to all...

Briggs Pletcher
72 S2 Europa
67 S3 Elan

[Stevie-Heathie]

Two more points which may help:

1. You actually need 2 circlips / snap rings to hold the S/C firmly in
place, one in each groove at either end of the S/C;

2. If you have to use snap rings rather than circlips (like I had to - 1"
is a big circlip and not readily available in these parts on a Sunday), then
I found that a piston ring fitting tool was the only thing that would get
the bl**dy clips on.

Hope this helps

Steve
Yellow 1970 Plus 2S - drove her 750 miles (12.5 hours!) from Chester to
Newquay (Cornwall) and back this weekend for a surfing stag weekend. 75-80
mph all the way, and she didn't miss a beat. Absolutely incredible! Lots
of folks on M6, M5 and A30 waving at us - was it you?

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The item you need is an external circlip with an inside diameter of 1".
Tools required are - small fingers, external circlip pliers, flat bladed
screwdriver ( to lever cylinder back into place ) and of course a jack.
Should take about three minutes start to finish. Good luck.

Regards
Ken W.

P.S. It would pay to check the retention lip on the slave cylinder has not
been damaged.
-----Original Message-----
From: Briggs Pletcher <***@***.***>
To: ***@***.*** <>
Date: Saturday, 28 April 2001 09:19
Subject: [LotusElan.net] Clutch slave cylinder




could pop it into gear.


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[TimMullen]

Steve Heath wrote:

I believe that my Elan's slave cylinder has always had snap rings.
Installing/removing them is a snap (pun intended) using a pair of snap ring
pliers. Last time I looked, they were around $15 at Sears - don't know about
other parts of the world. They should be readily available, since you need them
to rebuild transmissions among other things.

Tim Mullen

Chantilly, VA
72 Elan Sprint