Hello,
As part of my rebuild I decided to replace the clutch slave cylinder. The metal pipe that goes between that and the flexible hose was stuck tight, so bought a replacement pipe too.
The pipe is bearmach branded - I'd hoped this would mean a good quality part that fitted first time. The first pipe I was sent was a completely different shape - i emailed the company I bought from and bearmach who were apologetic and had a new one sent out. They said they bend the pipes themselves according to a pattern, but it must have had a quality control issue.
The replacement pipe was sent and I received it on Tuesday. It looked a different shape, but not quite the same as the original - I thought i'd try it anyway, as surely they wouldn't send two that were completely wrong....
I tried to fit it last night and this is the result:
You can see the big gap between the bracket and the salve cylinder it's supposed to bolt onto.
Has anyone else had this issue? Have I got some funny setup? (though the first and second pipe are different enough to not be compatible with anything....)
I've sent the same photo to bearmach, so will see what they say too.
I may also try bending the pipe, though i'm not sure how succesfull this will be
ps I'm aware I'm missing the nut on the flexible pipe...I thought leaving it off for the time being until I've got the bracket and pipe attached would give me more room to move....
As part of my rebuild I decided to replace the clutch slave cylinder. The metal pipe that goes between that and the flexible hose was stuck tight, so bought a replacement pipe too.
The pipe is bearmach branded - I'd hoped this would mean a good quality part that fitted first time. The first pipe I was sent was a completely different shape - i emailed the company I bought from and bearmach who were apologetic and had a new one sent out. They said they bend the pipes themselves according to a pattern, but it must have had a quality control issue.
The replacement pipe was sent and I received it on Tuesday. It looked a different shape, but not quite the same as the original - I thought i'd try it anyway, as surely they wouldn't send two that were completely wrong....
I tried to fit it last night and this is the result:
You can see the big gap between the bracket and the salve cylinder it's supposed to bolt onto.
Has anyone else had this issue? Have I got some funny setup? (though the first and second pipe are different enough to not be compatible with anything....)
I've sent the same photo to bearmach, so will see what they say too.
I may also try bending the pipe, though i'm not sure how succesfull this will be
ps I'm aware I'm missing the nut on the flexible pipe...I thought leaving it off for the time being until I've got the bracket and pipe attached would give me more room to move....
