They may not be bleeding the hydraulic system correctly. The 87-89 are a bitch to get right. you will go through about a quart of fluid to get it all out,(air). I went through this a few years ago with mine, I had bad parts though. sorry to say most shops only guarrantee the hard parts and labor is the same reguardless. I did the work myself and pulled the parts 3 times and replaced the complete clutch hydraulics. Master, slave and lines. I feel for you. you may get some help from the manufacture of the parts,(if they are bad). But don't hold your breath. But have them try bleeding the system again and again till it gets right, or your sure the problem is elswhere.

 

They have blead the system many times now, bench blead (of the master, not their part) also and still nothing

 

Read the M/C lid! Dot 4 fluid only! This is the exact symptom you describe when using dot 3 brake fluid. Dot 3 boils easier and will loose pressure in a couple of weeks.

 

As a mechanic; I feel for you!
TELL THEM ! they will presure or vac. bleed the system w/dot4 at their expense or you will get the BBB, or BAR.on the case. They diagnoised the problem, but didn't rectify it...
STAND YOUR GROUND!!!!!!
Remember they broke it, they buy it!
Just an old world mechanic rambling... BUT THEY SHOULD STAND BY THEIR WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As the old saying goes; say what you do and do what you say!!!!
my .05$
gas.

 

And I forgot, they want to charge another $175 labor when they are already looking at the slave!(ie tranny out of jeep) tell them 1/2 hr. aditional
MAX. or put my jeep back in the state it was brought to you in and bite me.................
you get nothing ! it will stand up in court if you decline the repair they have to give the vehicle back to you in the same shape they received it!!!!!

gas.

 

Sorry to make three posts on one question, but this pisses me off!
UNLESS they are changing the bellhousing and adding a release fork w/ a external slave! what cast cylinder can they be

ing you about?
every input shaft mounted slave I have ever seen has been made out of nylon(plastic). unless the,,,,,e got a really good machinist that works cheap i say fraud......
there are over 6 million vehicles on the road in ca. why do you have to rip anyone off???????????????????????

my .25$
gas.

 

Thats what I was thinking. What could be made of cast metal? Not the bearing. And the rest is made of plastic.

 

Swanson I apreciate your feedback on the cast slave, however I did actually see it and ti was indeed cast.

 

Bloody hell... How much did they charge you?? Mind you you should have told them you didn't want the parts to be made out of 24K gold

If somebody quoted me that kind of money I'd tell them to stick it where the sun don't shine... They must be of their trolley!!

I know it is difficult if you haven't got the ability to do it yourself, but surely you can find some buddy to help you out... Time to start learning and get your hands dirty....Everybody had to start somewhere and with the help of a good manual you're halfway there.

 

Hey! I know how to get my hands dirty, I just didnt want to fumblwe the tany on the floor all alone. I did do the lift, herculiner, shackles, intake, mufler on my own. Trany is just to heavy for one guy to try to instal

 

I know hindsight is always atleast 20/20, but for what it's worth, for what you've forked out, you could have gotten a tranny lift. That would help you out by-yourself.


Now, as far as dealing with this mechanic I can only come up with this. Total up what you've either paid, or agreed to pay. Look at that figure, and see if you can live with it. If you can. Demand that they make good on their claim to fix it. Like it was mentioned before, they diagnosed it, they should fix it.

If your not happy with the figure. You will need to take them up in court. Hopefully you have some stuff in writing about them standing behind their work, but I'm not sure how CA works, but I don't think you'd favor to well on the word of mouth defence.


I know it's not easy, I probably wouldn't be the best at it. But, in the least, you need to get it straight with them that you've paid a lot, and worse yet, been without your jeep for a while. It needs to be fixed, and they need stop the screwing around.


my $.02

 

Yes they do make cast ones and they're a lot better than the plastic ones. My clutch went out on me 2 years ago and I bought a whole clutch kit for it, had the plastic slave, pressure-plate, pilot bearing, and clutch disk for 300 bucks(canadian). Everything went together nicely and the clutch worked fine after. But six months ago the clutch went out again and I replased the master(IT was the only thing that wasn't new in the system) but clutch still didn't work. So I finally broke down and pulled the tranny out and low and behold, my new plastice slave was cracked and useless. I got on the phone and ordered a new one. When I got it the slip said it was 175 bucks and I was wondering why it was so expensive untill I took it out and it was a nice beefy cast unit. I will never buy another plastic slave if a cast one is ofered as well.

 

It sounds like you are in too far already. You should have asked for a written estimate. You should have asked for the old parts. Now about all you can do is claim foul and possibly go to small claims court. You don't have to PROVE anything, just convince the judge that you are telling the truth and have been wronged. Keep any receipts and pay by credit card.

I had a problem with Precision Tune. My TPI sbc was running rich and I didn't know why. I took it to them to have it connected to a scanner and find the problem. They claimed to have fixed it and also changed the plugs and the O2 sensor (I had changed the plugs 2 days before but they were fuel fouled again).

When I got the Jeep back it was still running rich and fouled out the plugs and ruined the O2 sensor within a week. I bought a scanner and found the coolant temp sensor was bad. I called the regional office of Precision Tune and got half my money back. I was still out over $100 for nothing but I took the "bird in the hand".

 

Who makes the metal slave?
sounds like its something that I should offer on every yj/tj clutch I install ! if it lasts twice as long as stock plastic it would be a great improvement, and being metal it should dissapate heat better and not boil fluid as easy! Can't beleive i've never seen it advertised anywhere. its gold waiting to be mined!

learn something new everyday...!!!
thanks gas.

 

I'd like to know more about this metal slave also. That's definately the weakest part of the system. If you can find more information on this holy grail please pass it along.

-JL

 

The cast slave that I got was a Raybestos one, part number SC37916, it's for a puegot though, and I don't know if they make cast ones for other modles.