Slave Cylinder Sucking Air?

[MXHowes]

'96 4.0 5-speed

My truck was getting hard to shift/get into gear. I can bleed some air out of the slave cylinder and the clutch worked fine for about two days then slowly got harder to shift (peddle goes down further before clutch disengages). I can bleed air out of the line every two days, just a small amount that comes out on the first bleed stroke then the clutch works OK for a day or so. It doesn't leak a drop between bleedings..... how is air getting into the slave?
Jim

 

[WildSide]

The slave itself could be faulty or a fitting could be at fault as well such as an o ring

 

[BlackBII]

Is it leaking fluid anywhere?

 

[michowski]

its your slave. I just went through this as well and reading your post made me think I wrote it. Got my slave replaced and its been perfect for over a week now.

 

[Hardwareman]

I would agree here. Slave cylinders go out waaaaaaaaay before the master cylinders do. I would guess at a ratio of about 3-4 slaves to one master.



Allen