Brand new clutch slave cylinder came apart during the first minute

[doktormane]

I really don't know what to say. I have been having some clutch issues with my 97 Jeep TJ for which people here suggested that I might need a new master/slave cylinder. (see thread below) Well, I buy one, go for the LUK one too, I install it according to instructions I found on the Extreme Terrain website and it worked initially, I managed to get the car out of gear (it was stuck in gear, see thread below) but after less than a minute it started feeling funny and the gears wouldn't engage and when I had a look below I saw that the actual slave cylinder separated from the mounting bracket. There is a C clip managed to get out of its channel/groove. What the actual hell? Am I really unlucky I came across one that had a manufacturer's defect or did I do anything wrong??

https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...-popping-sound-with-video.59027/#post-1047593

 

[doktormane]

Anybody had this happen to them?

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Store brand hydraulic assembly? Store brand parts like that are notoriously poor quality that yours came apart so soon right away had me thinking store brand or off-brand hydraulic system. Good choice on the Luk clutch kit, not so sure about the hydraulic system.

 

[doktormane]

Store brand hydraulic assembly? Store brand parts like that are notoriously poor quality that yours came apart so soon right away had me thinking store brand or off-brand hydraulic system. Good choice on the Luk clutch kit, not so sure about the hydraulic system.

The clutch master/slave was LUK......at least that what I thought I bought. I'll have to check to see if it says LUK anywhere on it.

 

[SAR]

I had the same thing happen with 2 different LUK master/slave assemblies, have just taken the second one off and have ordered an OMIX unitfrom Extreme. Did you find a cause or solution to blowing apart slave cylinders?