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slave cylinder

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Too Afraid to Ask

It’s a small part that helps you press the clutch pedal so the car can shift gears. If it fails, the clutch stops working.

Technical Definition

A slave cylinder is a hydraulic component in a manual transmission that converts the clutch pedal’s pressure into fluid pressure to engage or disengage the clutch.

Hear It Discussed

"And then I bench bled the master and slave."

First Drive of Jason’s VR6-Swapped MK3 Cabrio — Carmudgeon w/ Cammisa & Derek Tam-Scott — Ep. 221 The Carmudgeon Show 11:02

"But about 3000 miles into it after we took ownership of it clutch went out and it turned out that and it had one of those slave cylinders inside the bell housing and all that sort of stuff."

Carfax Smart used car Buys In A Hot Car Market In Wheel Time Podcast: Your Go-To Automotive Talk Show 04:23

"No, there's a slave cylinder and a master cylinder. [312.3s] We don't like that terminology, but that's what it is."

#2643: Breaking-in the Brakes The Best of Car Talk 05:09

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