Lancia Delta Evo II - clutch slave cylinder replacement

[torqueitalia]

Hi,

My Evo II clutch slave cylinder has just failed resulting in no clutch!

I have a replacement, however, the workshop doing the work are concerned about the steel bolts holding the slave cylinder to the gearbox bell housing are rusted. The problem being the bell housing is cast aluminium and they are worried about damaging the bell housing when removing the bolts.

Has anyone undertaken this replacement before and is there any advice or pointers on how to remove the bolts safely without damaging the bell housing.

Thanks

[SteveGales]

Hi Keith.
 I changed the clutch slave cylinder many years ago on my evo2 and don't remember having to take any bolts off the bell housing. From memory and quickly checking the workshop manual the cylinder is held in the mounting bracket by a large circlip.

It will probably need a good soak with 'plusgas/WD40' to get it to move once the clip is off.

Regards Steve

[torqueitalia]

Thanks Steve,

I just found a CD in my workshop with a servicing manual on it, passed this to the garage so hope there is something on it that helps them.