Dreaded slave cylinder failure, looks like I'm dropping the transmission. Has anyone here done this already and am I missing anything?

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I’ve already ordered an OEM clutch kit with slave cylinder from whoosh, since I’ll be in there anyway. I have new fluid but was hoping to reuse the OEM flywheel. I also have new axle seals since the trans will be accessible on a bench. Is there anything I might be missing that I need to order before I start disassembly?

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I’d recommend replacing the flywheel too, unless it was recently replaced and has low miles on it.

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I recommend not messing with the lower control arm ball joint. Instead, just remove the bolts attached to the struts to give your axles some room. It’s cheaper to replace the stretch bolts than risk tearing the ball joint boot (which would mean having to order a whole new lower control arm as a replacement).

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Unless you’re planning to keep the axles attached to the spindle which I wouldn’t recommend, I’d get new bolts and nuts for the ones connecting the lower control arm to the spindle. They like getting stuck and can be a bitch to get out. Pretty sure the service manual also says to replace these when having to remove them.

Mine had 100K KM on the clock and I kept the original flywheel. If it doesn’t look damaged or scorched and still looks and feels smooth, I personally wouldn’t replace it. It’s not really a common failure on these cars. And if it does ever fail, you could get the gearbox out again in two hours the second time since it’s a really easy one to do.

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Unless you’re planning to keep the axles attached to the spindle which I wouldn’t recommend, I’d get new bolts and nuts for the ones connecting the lower control arm to the spindle. They like getting stuck and can be a bitch to get out. Pretty sure the service manual also says to replace these when having to remove them.

Mine had 100K KM on the clock and I kept the original flywheel. If it doesn’t look damaged or scorched and still looks and feels smooth, I personally wouldn’t replace it. It’s not really a common failure on these cars. And if it does ever fail, you could get the gearbox out again in two hours the second time since it’s a really easy one to do.