Saab Tranny: A Slave Cylinder Story

[Saab900CE]

Well it all started last year when I replaced my clutch master cylinder. I was told that once the master cylinder goes the slave is soon to follow. Anyway I replaced the master cylinder and went about my business for a month or so untell one day I notice the brake fluid light on (yes there is an actual brake fluid light, lol). So I added more brake fluid and inspected all the brake lines and the line going to the tranny. No sign of leaks I just thought that maybe it wasn't topped off completely from bleeding the line. Kept driving it and a month or so later the light came on again. Knowing that something was up I added more brake fluid and drove for a bit more just to last me tell the end of the driving season. Well now that it's warm I've busted the Saab out again. Knowing of the problem still I drove to CF to get the car detailed and by time I made it to Kevins shop the clutch was slipping (only when hot with hot weather) I drive it back to the QC and inspect it the next week. Thankfully with the way the Saab engine and tranny are designed I can take the entire clutch and slave cylinder out from the front (yes the front) of the car without ever having to get under the car or jack up the car OR remove any tranny bolts. Here's the whole process that I had to do in order the get the cover off the clutch and slave cylinder to inspect them. I put it all back togeather after these pictures and drove it back to storage untell I get all the parts I need. Once I get all the parts I will take lots of pictures of the whole process for all ya guys to see. Anyway enjoy for now and keep watching for more updates in the next week or so.

Removing intercooler piping
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2001.jpg

Clutch covering with some piping in the way still
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2002.jpg

Clear access to the clutch cover now
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2006.jpg

Cover removed
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2007.jpg

Nasty brake fluid gunk
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2008.jpg

Whole assembly
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2010.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2011.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/Saab5-2013.jpg

[oldschoolvw]

That's just crazy. Thanks for posting these pics jordan. It's neat to see this weird saab stuff

[berserker]

crazy!

[John2.0T]

Saab's are fucking weird...

good luck!

[Wulf9-3Vigg]

Fuck my life, mine is gonna suck

[BROBS]

Saab's are fucking weird...

good luck!
x2 that slave cylinder looks like a lawnmower part or something :D

[sic_A4]

Fuck my life, mine is gonna suck

:poke:You have to drive it for the slave cylinder to go out.:poke:


Jordan have you ordered all your parts? Where did you get them from?

[Saab900CE]

Fuck my life, mine is gonna suck

That's what you get for owning a GM Saab. :p


:poke:You have to drive it for the slave cylinder to go out.:poke:


Jordan have you ordered all your parts? Where did you get them from?

LOL, truth.

No I haven't ordered any of the parts yet. I'm waiting on the slow ass Saab Forum guys for some suggestions on what all I will need.

[oldschoolvw]

they have a slow ass saab forum? Swweeeet...

[John2.0T]

That's what you get for owning a GM Saab. :p



LOL, truth.

No I haven't ordered any of the parts yet. I'm waiting on the slow ass Saab Forum guys for some suggestions on what all I will need.

Check Eurowerks.

Lots of Snaaber's there ;)

[Saab900CE]

they have a slow ass saab forum? Swweeeet...

No they have people that take forever to respond to my questions.

[Saab900CE]

Well I ordered all my parts on Friday. So hopefully I will be putting this in here in a couple weeks so... sorry Dubuque guys I probably won't be making the next GTG. Anyway in case anyone cares here is a list of the stuff I ordered. I'll be taking lots of pictures so you guys can see how this crazy thing works.

- Clutch Shaft Seal
- Clutch Shaft Cover Seal
- Slave Cylinder Kit
- Pilot Bearing
- Clutch Tool
- Clutch Kit
- Rear Crank Seal
- Release Bearing
- Brake Bleeder

[sic_A4]

Nice! Now you can start installing brake lines on everyone's car. When do you plan on tackling this project?

[Saab900CE]

Nice! Now you can start installing brake lines on everyone's car. When do you plan on tackling this project?

As soon as I get parts and time.

[Saab900CE]

UPDATE: Project has started and now NEW PICTURES!

Finally got all my parts and this is the first free weekend I have to work on it so progress has jumped. So here are pictures of all the stuff coming out. ENJOY

Radiator Fan removed to allow the clutch shaft to come all the way out.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch003.jpg

Saab special tool (clutch pressure plate spacer) inserted into the pressure plate.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch005.jpg

Clutch shaft pulled out
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch007.jpg

Slave cylinder removed
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch008.jpg

Clutch disc and pressure plate removed
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch009.jpg

Old factory stuff
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch010.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch013.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch014.jpg

Flywheel removed
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch015.jpg

All the old stuff removed today
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutch018.jpg

I'll replace the seals and bearing in some of the things and then get the flywheel resurfaced. Then it is going back together with all the new stuff. :cool: Keep looking for updates because I'm gunna try and get this all back together before next weekend. :drive:

[Dubtuner]

nice progress

[Saab900CE]

Well there hasn't been much of any interest on this thread so far... so lets see if this does anything to spark some interest.

A shiney resurfaced flywheel with a new pilot bearing. Hopefully she will be going back together tomorrow night after work.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Flywheel002.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Flywheel005.jpg

[OrangeDUB]

Nice! Did you ship the flywheel off or have it resurfaced locally? I see the tag..

[BROBS]

looks like fun times.

i know a place here in waterloo that will resurface stuff on the cheap.

[GetAwayFromMe]

Dude that shit looks weird but awesome in the same time. I wish they made most clutches that way i would be way easey to get them replaced.

[Saab900CE]

Nice! Did you ship the flywheel off or have it resurfaced locally? I see the tag..

Nope had a machine shop do it here locally. They had it done for me in a few hours. Which was way faster then I thought it was gunna take.


Dude that shit looks weird but awesome in the same time. I wish they made most clutches that way i would be way easey to get them replaced.

Yeah I know but like you said it's really easy to do. Probably one of the easiest clutch jobs I've done.

Well hopefully everything will be goin back on tonight so I can get to driving this thing by this weekend. Keep an eye on this thread because I will have more pictures of reasembley later on.

[Saab900CE]

Well she is basically all done. Just need to put the hood back on. The battery was very low so I had to jump it but I moved it back and forth a few inches in the garage (there were vehicles parked behind it) So it does move under it's own power so thats good. :D I just threw a charger on it and cleaned up my mess so once the battery is charged I will throw the hood back on and take her for a spin. :cool: Here some pictures of reassembly.

Resurfaced flywheel looking all pretty.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutchassembled001.jpg

Clutch and slave cylinder back together and about to start bleeding the clutch. Getting that all back in there was NOT as easy as it was taking it out. It was a HUGE PITA!
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutchassembled002.jpg

Anthony inspecting the brake fluid bottle as I was bleeding the brakes. Power bleeder was a HUGE help.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutchassembled003.jpg

Me putting everything back together to get her back on the road.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/QCDSMESiT/93%20Saab%20900CE/Clutchassembled004.jpg

Well thats it. If anyone has any questions about anything on this project feel free to ask. ;)