87 hydraulic clutch

[1980 gold]

wow thanks a lot!!!!! you did a lot of work on a holiday. i appreciate it very cool

[1980 gold]

its funny i also just ordered a 5/8" master for a toyota as plan b with a bigger reservoir just in case i like that idea better than changing the slave too but again i appreciate all the work on the 4th of july.

[1980 gold]

so i went to try my bigger slave cylinder and i went to stop by the auto parts store to grab a couple of what i thought were male flare fittings and parts guy much smarter than me looks at the slave i had and said this is not a threaded fitting its a pressed in plastic fitting ( its pressed in and then a pin gets pushed in next to it to secure it) which is all well and good except what kind of fitting is that and where do i get one and can it go on a steel brake line?

[1980c10]

I had a similar situation as to what you have now as my slave cylinder is from a '98 chev p/u. I went to the junk yard to get the end of the line and fitting cut it off 8" or so and flared the end to attach it to a brake line. Also the pin I needed ended up being a pretty common roll pin. The line pushes in and is then secured with the roll pin. I can actually rotate mine when it is installed but it doesn't leak at all.

[1980 gold]

was your slave plastic? it sounds similar and the end is metal and can be put on regular brake line if you flare it? thanks for responding

[1980c10]

My slave is metal and some of the factory line was plastic but I was able to cut it near the slave where the line was metal then flared an end on the line where I could connect it to a brake line which leads to my clutch cylinder which happens to have a fitting that matches a brake line end.

[1980 gold]

thanks sounds like a good idea

[Edahall]

I did some checking for you and the stock slave cylinder for your truck is a 13/16".  I'm not sure that going to a 1-1/4" slave cylinder is going to work.  I'm afraid the volume would be too large for a any master cylinder less than 1".  A 5/8" master cylinder would not push that slave cylinder far enough to disengage the clutch.  On the other hand, a slave cylinder on the order of 7/8" or possibly 1" might work.
 

[1980 gold]

i went to try this sunday ( the slave ) and i had to laugh i went to buy a fitting for it turns out its not a regular flare fitting so  i basically canceled that plan  until i either find a fitting that will work may on the other hand order a 1 inch slave it looks like most of them will bolt up the same and have the same dimensions

[1980c10]

Like I mentioned I got my fitting from the local u-pull-it yard as i couldn't buy one from any local places without buying the whole line.