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Originally Posted by RallySnake
The alignment is difficult to get right because the throw out arm moves through an arc. I bought a slave cylinder for a Nissan pickup truck for about $25 and got a second one as a spare. If you have someone push the pedal in while you watch under the car, you can see that the shaft swings sideways as the arm moves back. The best you can do is line the slave cylinder shaft up with the center of the arc.
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I agree - virtually all of these hydraulic cylinders move a lever on an arc pattern - the best you can do is some compromise. I think it's rough machining of the piston ends that causes the problems. No matter how careful you try to align, at some point the piston probably contacts the bore.