This is follow-up to my previous question "Can I re-build it?" referin
to the clutch master cylinder in my 91 Cherokee Laredo (175K). ordered a new master cylinder on line. Received it no problem. Sunda project, my DH and I got under the shade trees to change it out. Everything went along real well. As we're tightening up the nuts on th new master cylinder, DH said"this is the easiest thing we've done o this vehicle" (he shouldn't've said that)." He says ?Get in there an slip that push rod on the foot pedal and stick the keeper clip in it (yep, going good! and it's not even noon yet!) OK I admit I'm a better go-pher than a do-er, but shouldn't be tha darn hard to slip this thing on there! WILL NOT GO!! (like I said, h shouldn't've said that!) What the heck?! Won't line up. Get to looking at the foot lever looks bent! How in the world? Thick as that metal is? Well, well well, looks like the union auto worker must've taken a coffee brea between welding the back side and welding the front side of the lever' pivoting mounting bracket at the firewall! So, a weak weld and a stron leg trying to get clutch clearance to shift gears --- bent clutch lever OK, take the whole mounting bracket out, realign the clutch lever, wel it. Re-install the bracket, master cylinder push rod slips right on th pin!!! Yeah, home free !!!!! Fill master cylinder , etc, etc, etc. Time to test it ?. Won?t shift ?. Not enough pedal ?. Feels like I? trying to push it thru the floor to get clearance! What the heck?! (did I say, he shouldn?t have said that?!) Frustrated now! I get back under the dash, push the clutch with m hand and see that the lever is completely on the floor and indentin the carpet. Fruussttrated ? I?ll pull the dang carpet out ?. I onl need a little more clearance! Take the interior strips out that hol the carpet in place on the driver?s side, pull the carpet out of th way, push the clutch pedal ?. The lever is on the bare metal floor !!! aarggg --- the dang push rod in the new master cylinder is TOOOO SHORT!!!! ?????????? DH builds an extension for the push rod, put it back on the clutc lever ?.. works great!!! And it?s only 6pm ? It?s been a couple o months now, shifts like brand new Jeep!! The truth as I think it was ?. There was likely nothing wrong with th master cylinder to begin with ?. Over time, the non-welded clutch leve gradually moved enough that the master cylinder push rod became ?to short? for the longer distance caused by the bent lever
-- CherokeeGirl