2006-08-02 14:59:04 · 10 answers · asked by michelle_2975 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
There are two main types of clutches used for automotive purposes, mechanical and hydraulic.
Hydraulic clutches are used to reduce the effort required to disengage the clutch when shifting gears, as some clutches use very hard springs and without hydraulic assistance you would have to have leg muscles like a Mr. World just to almost survive a day of operating the clutch. Like the brakes on cars, these hydraulic clutches use a hydraulic fluid and require a reservoir to store sufficient fluid and prevent air from entering the system. Air compresses much more than this fluid so if air is permitted to enter the system, the clutch would not work effectively and damage to the clutch or transmission could occur.
So, the clutch master cylinder is a storage reservior for the clutch's hydraulic fluid.
2006-08-02 15:17:19 · answer #1 · answered by ½«gumwrapper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use a hydraulic master cylinder just like brakes, however, they have what is called a slave cylinder to depress the clutch actuator. Usually if you rebuild or replace one or the other, the one you didn't repair will go within a few weeks to a couple of months (from past experience). Change or rebuild them at the same time to eliminate problems.......and you will have to bleed them just like for brakes.
2006-08-02 23:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by turbietech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clutch master cylinder is the one that is on the engine side of your firewall connected to the clutch pedal. When you press the clutch, you press the piston in the clutch master cylinder which in turn pushes the fluid which consequently pushes the piston in the slave cylinder that actually presses the clutch disk release lever.
2006-08-02 22:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by svthech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a hydraulic clutch, so it has a master cylinder to store fluid so that the hydraulics will work.
2006-08-02 22:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by pappa_15 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No such thing I ever heard of. A master cylinder holds brake fluid, both cars and trucks.
2006-08-02 22:03:33 · answer #5 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
manual transmissions need a clutch, clutches have to have hydralic pressure to work, the master cylinder hold the fluid and also deliveres it to the slave cylinder to engage and disengage the clutch.
2006-08-02 22:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by T BONE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a hydraulic clutch, the master cylinder is for storing hydraulic fluid
2006-08-02 22:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by bill j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought master cylinder's were for brakes but what do I know. There probably is one but I couldn't tell you sorry just wasting both of our times. ;)
2006-08-02 22:03:44 · answer #8 · answered by Kookie M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.ae92gts.com/ae92gts_clutch_mc.html
This is not targeted to your truck, but gives you the basic idea of the functions of a master cylinder.
2006-08-02 22:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by justmyjusrty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is hydraulic. It's called a " clutch slave cylinder ".
2006-08-02 22:05:10 · answer #10 · answered by joet2017 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋