97 Chevy clutch line to slave connection

[4EyedTurd]

Doing a clutch job on a 1500 V6 truck and I'm down to the clutch line/slave cylinder connection. I'm assuming going off of this video



there should be a sleeve inbetween the connectors but there isn't. There isn't enough room to slide an a/c style disconnect tool in to separate. Is there any other way besides carefully cutting the connector apart, ruining the slave cylinder?

[shumpertdavid]

If the white nylon piece is missing, then I'd cut/break the slave cylinder side off then slit them apart. I've had to do it this way before after a customer had been under the vehicle attempting to repair the connection. I hope you planned on replacing the slave anyway.

[JC316]

No decent way of doing it if that sleeve isn't there, look closely though, that thing can be hard to see. I too recommend cutting on the slave side. And yeah if you are doing a clutch job, a new slave cylinder is a must.

[4EyedTurd]

The bad part is that is has a brand new slave cylinder...

Can you buy just that sleeve? If so where?

[shumpertdavid]

Salvage yard, peel it out of another truck

[4king]

I need the white plastic clip that goes on the line as well. Dealer doesnt stock them and they come with a new line

[4EyedTurd]

I hit the junkyard and found a few late 90's S10's that were 5speeds. All the full size chevys were stripped. I got the hang of pulling lines and came home with 3 of the plastic bushings not sure how they'd do trying to cram them in. First one went in and did the job.


4king - If you still need one send me your address and I'll stick one in the mail.