Slave cylinder broken

[tombicon]

Hello all, good morning
I was out yesterday playing in the snow and all was fine when I shut the jeep off to take a break and have some chow.
When I went to re-start and continue on, something within my slave cylinder broken.
There was a loud "pop" then my clutch pedal just dropped to the floor.
There was a very slight pressure on the pedal, but no way the jeep was going into gear.
When we looked inside the master cylinder, there was no fluid, so the consensus was to add more.
Im pretty sure adding more fluid ended up killing what was left of the slave cylinder. One pump on the pedal, and I lost all pressure, something in the slave broke, and the pedal flops to the floor, zero resistance.
I was able to remove the system but found this inside the slave cylinder opening.
It appears that adding the extra fluid forced the clutch fork sideways?
Other than simple routine maintenance, I have touched nothing on this 5 speed.
So, when I removed the slave cylinder and then I see the clutch fork sitting like this, I'm fairly sure it's sideways now, and I'm totally uncertain how to correct, other than pulling the tranny.
If I can avoid pulling the tranny, that would save quite a bit of work.
Has anyone encountered this, and is there a simple cure?

 

[macleanflood]

Lots and lots of posts on this. I'd drop a pre-bled Luk master/slave in and be done with it.

Ah...shift fork is screwed up...yeah...time to drop the transmission and honestly if I had mine out I'd replace the clutch, TO and pilot bearing. Luk also make a kit.

-Mac

 

[tombicon]

Lots and lots of posts on this. I'd drop a pre-bled Luk master/slave in and be done with it.

Ah...shift fork is screwed up...yeah...time to drop the transmission and honestly if I had mine out I'd replace the clutch, TO and pilot bearing. Luk also make a kit.

-Mac

Mac.
I'm hoping to not have to pull the tranny. Trying to determine if this is salvageable. I've never had the tranny apart, so unfamiliar w the way it all lines up inside.
I'm going to slide in a camera and determine if this can be slipped back into place before I commit to a new clutch and sundries.
Thank you for your reply.

 

[macleanflood]

Dropping the transmission on a TJ is ridiculously easy compared to most vehicles.

My first time was a royal pain in the butt. The e-torx bolts on top... probably had the wrong size and stripped one. And my skid plate bolts were rusted permanently to the nutserts. Took me a couple of weeks of different attempts to get everything off.

Support the bellhousing. Drop the skid pan. Pull off the exhaust from the header flange to the muffler. I added a V-Band in front of my cat to make the next time easier. Driveshafts. Linkage... cable shifter makes this a breeze...six bolts and the transfer case is off. Shift tower and stick. Disconnect battery, remove starter. Get the top two e-torx bolts out first...then the rest.

I'm down in Oregon if you need any help.

I had my transmission rebuilt and ended up pulling and reinstalling seven times.

-Mac