How To Replace Clutch Slave Cylinder 2002-05 Ford Escape
Created on: 2015-01-20
If the clutch slave cylinder needs to be replaced, watch this video and learn how to replace it on your 02-05 Ford Escape
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step 1 :Removing the Battery
- Disconnect the negative battery cable with an 8mm socket and ratchet
- Disconnect the positive battery cable with an 8mm socket and ratchet
- Apply rust penetrant to the battery brace nuts
- Remove the two 10mm nuts from the brace
- Pull the battery up and out
- Remove the four 8mm bolts from the battery tray
- Pull the battery tray up and out
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step 2 :Removing the Clutch Hose
- Clamp the clutch hose near the master cylinder with vise grip pliers
- Apply rust penetrant to both ends of the clutch hose
- Hold the hose with an adjustable wrench
- Loosen the metal clutch line end with a 13mm wrench
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step 3 :Removing the Clutch Slave Cylinder
- Remove the two 10mm bolts from the slave cylinder
- Pull the slave cylinder off and out
- Apply rust penetrant to the metal clutch line
- Loosen the metal clutch line end with a 13mm wrench
- Pull off the clutch hose
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step 4 :Installing the Slave Cylinder
- Twist the metal clutch line into the slave cylinder
- Tighten the line with a 13mm wrench
- Loosen the 4mm Allen screw on the slave cylinder
- Put the slave cylinder into place
- Insert the two 10mm bolts into the slave cylinder
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step 5 :Installing the Clutch Lines
- Put the clutch hose into place
- Connect the metal lines to the clutch hose
- Tighten the metal lines onto the clutch hose
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step 6 :Refilling the Clutch Fluid
- Add clutch fluid to the master cylinder to the max fill line
- Remove the vise grip pliers from the clutch hose near the master cylinder
- Insert a 4mm Allen wrench into the clutch bleeder screw
- Loosen the bleeder screw
- Have an assistant push the clutch pedal
- Tighten the bleeder screw
- Have the assistant release the clutch pedal
- Repeat these steps until the air is cleared from the clutch lines
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step 7 :Installing the Battery
- Put the battery tray into place
- Insert the four 8mm bolts into the battery tray
- Put the battery into place
- Put the battery brace into place
- Fasten the two 10mm nuts onto the battery brace
- Connect the positive battery cable with an 8mm socket and ratchet
- Connect the negative battery cable with an 8mm socket and ratchet
Tools needed
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Adjustable Wrench
13mm Socket
Hammer
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Rust Penetrant
Brake Fluid
8mm Socket
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Assistant
4mm Hex Wrench
13mm Wrench
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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the clutch slave cylinder on this 2002 Ford Escape. The items you'll need for this is an 8, 10, and 13mm socket and ratchet; an adjustable wrench; flat blade screwdriver; hammer; locking pliers; and a 4mm allen wrench.
Start off by loosening up the battery cables with an 8mm socket and ratchet, and then just pull the cables free and set them aside. You want to make sure you remove your negative first, and then the positive cable. Then, we're just going to spray these two 10mm nuts with some penetrating oil, and then remove those. Now, remove this brace, and then pull the battery up and out. Now, remove these four 8mm bolts, and we'll fast-forward as Mike does that. Pull the battery tray up and out.
Using locking pliers, just clamp this hose. There's a hard line that comes from the slave cylinder and goes into an adjustable line. You want to spray down that junction into the adjustable or the rubber line, and then use a 13mm tubing wrench, and I have the adjustable wrench just to hold it in place, although the bracket should hold it in place pretty well. Remove the hard line from that flexible hose.
Now, your slave cylinder is right here, and it's held in with two 10mm bolts. Our bolts were a little rusty, so we just hammer the socket into place. Then, using our ratchet, we just remove those two bolts. Once those are removed, the slave cylinder will pull free.
Now, we're just going to spray this with some penetrating fluid. Now, using two 13mm wrenches, just loosen this up, and then we'll just fast-forward as Mike loosens that up the rest of the way. Then, it just pulls free.
Now, just twist this line into your new slave cylinder, and we'll just fast-forward as Mike does this. Tighten this line preliminarily. You can do a final tighten when it's on the car. Now, loosen up this 4mm Allen screw, then you can tighten it back up, but it's just good to break it free now, so it's easier to loosen later. Then, feed your slave cylinder down into place, and replace those two 10mm bolts and tighten them up. You do have to put some pressure on the slave cylinder, to the right, into the clutch fork, in order to get those bolts in. Now, just push this line back into place, and tighten it back up. Make sure this end of the line is tightened up as well.
Fill the brake fluid to the max fill line, and then remove those locking pliers. Then, take a 4mm Allen wrench, and just put it in this little bleed screw down here on the slave cylinder. I've got my Allen wrench in here, and I've got a helper in the car, and what I'm going to have him do is just push the clutch down and pull it back out when I tell him to. What you want to do is you want to loosen the blood screw, have them push the clutch down, then tighten it back up, then let the clutch back off, then loosen it up again, push it down, etc., so I'll do it. I've got the bleed screw loose, so go ahead and push it down. Now, I'm going to tighten the bleed screw back up. Go ahead and pull it back. Go ahead and hit the clutch. You can hear it come out there. Tighten up, let off, and loosen the screw. Hit the clutch. You can hear it come out. Tighten up the screw. Let off. Press the clutch a few times. Just repeat the process until all the air is out of the line, and make sure you recheck the reservoir.
Now, we'll fast-forward here as Mike replaces that battery tray, and the four 8mm bolts to hold it into place, and tightens them up. Lower your battery back down into place, and then put this bracket back down, and replace those two nuts and tighten them up, and then replace the two battery cables and tighten those up as well.
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