Nabtesco Clutch Slave Cylinder

Ok, nissan clutch hydraulics are pretty simple, usually a clutch master cylinder connected to a hardline that goes down near the transmission case, connected to a flex hose to this slave cylinder. I found some signs of possible leaking on the original slave on my 350z. Jumped in the car one day and tried to push the clutch in and the pedal never came back up lol. Anyways on to the review, I wasn't sure who was OEM, i seen that another parts place had Dorman's as OEM, and another had these nabtesco as OEM, and of course you can buy from a nissan dealer for twice as much as this one. I first ordered the Dorman as i thought i'd just get what's cheap, they're about half the cost of this. Well as always you get what you pay for, on the Dorman the metal is cheaper looking cast iron, it looks painted grey, and the bleed screw was very loosely installed, and it wasn't a very good quality bleed screw. So not wanting to do this job twice, i ordered this one. At first i thought it was a Chinese knockoff like the Dorman, but I went to dealer to look at the OEM part. Guess what, it's a nabtesco just like this one was, for twice the money. So if you want OEM, get this nabtesco, it's a good price here. They are all over 60 dollars at the dealers. Anyways, these have grease inside the boot, painted black, normal bleed screw similar to a brake type and everything looked machined well enough. I mean the dorman was machined and stuff, but you can tell it lacked some of the details like grease and the awful bleed screw on the dorman plus some metal shavings inside the dorman which could lead to premature failure of the seals. So do yourself a favor and get this one. Oh and you don't get any copper washers so if you want to use new washers get 2 from the dealer before starting( washers goes on both sides of the hose). Or they usually come with a new stainless clutch cable if you get that instead of the rubber cable that's stock, which you should install if you're gonna take this off anyways, as you'll have to bleed the whole clutch hydraulics anyways.I thought i'd update, the bleeding process. Once you have slave installed, i think the part people find the hardest is getting fluid to flow down to the slave as theres air trapped in there.1. you can loosen the hydraulic line at the slave just enough to get the reservoir fluid to start leaking around the bolt that holds the hydraulic line to the slave. Once it starts leaking down at the line, tighten the bolt that holds the line. Or, use a mityvac hand pump and put the hose on the bleeder and open the valve and pump away, this will suck fluid down to the slave as well.2. Bleed the master cylinder by pumping the clutch a few times, holding it down. i used a 25lb weight from my weight bench lol. or use a person to pump, hold down, then open the bleeder, the pedal will drop, then close the bleeder. After a few times of this, the pedal will get harder to push.3. Check the slave at this point, can you push the slave rod in? If not, bleed the slave by putting pressure on the slave rod and pushing it in all the way in at the same time you open the bleed screw. This will push air out of the slave. As you hold the rod in all the way, then close the bleeder. If you let the rod out as the bleeder screw is open, then you just let air back in the slave. With the bleeder closed, now you should be able to pump the slave by hand a few times. Now before you open the bleed screw. hold the slave rod in again all the way. Open the bleeder, some fluid should come out. Close the bleed screw before letting the rod out. A few times of this and my pedal was working fine and i was able to shift through all my gears without any problems.4. Don't forget to top up clutch reservoir or you'll have to bleed it it again. I used motul 5.1 fluid.

I bought this clutch slave for my 05 Infiniti G35 coupe last minute because I needed my car running for work. I thought it was at least a decent equivalent to OEM and I didn't want to take any chances buying a cheapo knock-off slave so I bit the bullet. If you're wondering how close this is to OEM, fret not. This is the EXACT same as OEM. Check the pictures I included. It looks like Nabtesco dremeled off the Nissan burger logo for some odd reason but anyhow, it's the exact same!

Great product and fit as per the description. Very responsive supplier.

Fit like oem no problems.. Made in japan not china which is a plus+++..

Arrived quickly and does its job ! I will update this review if it fails or goes bad

OEM standards works great will use agin

Works great

Quality looks good! My clutch is smooth as butter now!