benthegardener Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Slowly working through the issues on my 99 td5. I have had a leaking clutch slave cylinder, and noticed there was only one bolt (top) holding the old one in. Ordered all the new bits. But on taking the old one off I've discovered the bottom bolt had sheared off within the gearbox casing, no way of getting a new bolt in, no idea how long ago this might have happened, the clutch has been working as long as I've had it, 5 weeks or so. How major a problem is only having 1 bolt? Is that likely to be what's caused the old slave cylinder to fail? While underneath, had another good look round and found there's only one bolt holding the bottom swivel cover on the RHS swivel. Had a poke in the hole there, something solid in there, so guessing there's a sheared bolt in that hole too. Anyone any advice or ideas please? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthegardener Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Going to try an extractor today I think and see how it goes getting the slave one out first. Not really happy about only having the one bolt. But equally not really happy having to get the drill going on the casing either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave88sw Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I wouldn't be happy with 1 bolt, it would be under a lot of stress. Your best bet is probably to drill it out and fit a helicoil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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