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October 27, 2004: The reason for the clutch failure at the track is obvious now that I've untaped the hood and looked at it.
The upper mounting bolt for the slave cylinder got away. This let the slave rotate around when the clutch pedal was depressed. The piston came out, cocked sideways and jammed the whole assembly with the release fork slightly moved. Thus the slipping clutch and all the escaped fluid. All I need to do is fix the damaged threads in the bellhousing and replace the piston for the slave. The latter is part of the $9.95 rebuild kit I bought yesterday so it's a cheap fix!

There's another new build website up: Chris Flaccone's Hyabusa-powered beast. I need to put together a list of builds similar to mine.

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