Question on Camaro slave cylinder ports.

[Guest nwzeeman]

My T5 transmission came with a used slave cylinder. The cylinder is in good shape, but I am having difficulty getting the bleed screw and the hydraulic hose connector out of the slave cylinder. Both connectors are rusty and flush with the plastic slave cylinder housing.

 

I have removed the roll pin but the hydraulic hose connector is stuck. Question 1: Does the original camaro hydraulic hose connector screw into the plastic slave housing, or should it just pull straight out since I have removed the roll pin?

 

Question 2: Any ideas on getting the bleed screw out of its port? Since it is flush with the top surface of the housing I have nothing to grab on to it to spin it out

 

Question 3: how much is a new camaro slave cylinder if I tire messing around with this used one?

 

Thanks for any help. I've got all my fittings ready to install per the JTR manual once I get these two stubborn things out. -Rod

[Dan Juday]

Personally, I'd toss it. It's too important a part to mess around with an old rusted up one. New ones aren't that expensive.

 

Next point: I've done both the T5 swap and the T56 swap. On the T5 I drilled and tapped per JTR. On the T56 I had a guy make me an adapter. I wish I had done that with the T5 (my car). Drilling and tapping that plastic slave is a delicate job. One slip and it's ruined. Or worse, you drill too close to the sides and it breaks at a stop light someday.

 

The other big plus when using an adapter is that if you have to replace the slave sometime in the future it's a simple bolt in.

 

JMHO from a guy that's BTDT.

[Guest 73LT1Z]

Found this info on http://www.camaroz28.com today:

1. You can bore then tap the plastic slave. I'd thought of it, but was leery of going that route, looks like some others have done it with no problems.

 

2. You can buy the adapter fitting. In my searches I'd heard that Aeroquip made one, turns out MacLeod does as well. It's available by calling them (allegedly $40 a piece plus $20 handling), or you can order from Summit for $42 a piece (MCL-139026). It's listed as a brake fitting, but I am assured it's the male fitting that goes in the master/slave with roll pin.

 

3. Cutting the ends off of the factory line, and TIG welding them to a AN fitting of some kind.

 

and here's what I ended up doing yesterday:

 

4. Take the hoses that need to be mated or extended to a hydraulic shop and have them splice in an extension, or adapt in another line. This was the best option for me as I was adapting a Volvo M/C and hardline to the stainless t56 line. Even with the fitting I was looking for I still would have had to figure out a way to get the AN converted back to the stock Volvo thread (which no-one could identify).

 

Posting this for future reference here.