# 1992 Dodge Dakota - slave cylinder clips broke off

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-dodge-dakota-slave-cylinder-clips-broke-off/162711>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dakota, dodge\
**Created:** [April 10, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-dodge-dakota-slave-cylinder-clips-broke-off/162711 "2020-04-10T22:14:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kirbywyatt4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f04885/32.png) [@kirbywyatt4](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kirbywyatt4)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-dodge-dakota-slave-cylinder-clips-broke-off/162711/1 "2020-04-10T22:14:14Z")

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Hi I got I clutch master cylinder kit and The two clips holding the slave cylinder in broke off what do I do. Can I still use it I would have to push the push rod back in and rebleed it but I don’t know if it would just push the rod back out. what can I do

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-dodge-dakota-slave-cylinder-clips-broke-off/162711/2 "2020-04-11T18:33:49Z")

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Buy another kit to get the clips. Or make a new one from a paperclip.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-dodge-dakota-slave-cylinder-clips-broke-off/162711/3 "2020-04-12T01:09:00Z")

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If you’re talking about the plastic clip on the end of the shaft, that’s a shipping clip.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/4/946cad3abcf55b74f24eeb60d295e8778b7a0d65.png)

You remove the clip prior to installing the slave cylinder.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/4/547ccb81b241fec05a7c0de5a4eb8ec36a96ee35.jpeg)

Tester
