AX-15 Hydraulics

[1987Comanche]

Last week I scored an external slave AX-15 at the jy from a '94 XJ. I'm planning on transferring the bellhousing to my AX-15 and converting it to an external slave system. Unfortunately the plastic hydraulic line from the master to slave had been cut, so I only have the slave cylinder and about 15" of plastic line. The research I did suggests that a successful conversion requires the master, slave, and line as a pre-assembled, pre-bled unit.

My '87 had an external slave AX-5 that didn't have the plastic line or roll pin. It had actual fittings. That got me wondering if I could use an AX-5 slave on the Ax-15. If I did that I wouldn't have to change the master cylinder and could just extend/modify the existing line to fit. Also I found conflicting info on the external slave MC. Some sources say it's a direct bolt-on, others say it requires firewall mods. Thoughts? Guidance?

[Jeep Driver]

There might be enough slack in the line......? try it.

 

I don't know what firewall mods there is? can't imagine that.

 

 

Worst case is you shell out the $160 for the complete kit.

[1987Comanche]

I was thinking the AX-5 slave may not have enough (or perhaps too much) stroke when compared to the AX-15 slave. Also I wondered if either slave will fit the AX-15 bellhousing. Does anyone have specs on either ( or both)?

 

Here's the AX-5 slave

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/Duralast-Clutch-Slave-Cylinder/1986-Jeep-Comanche-2WD/_/N-iixsuZ6o2ja?itemIdentifier=735902_0_0_

 

AX-15 slave

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/Duralast-Clutch-Slave-Cylinder/1995-Jeep-Cherokee-2WD/_/N-j1scmZ6o2ja?itemIdentifier=577903_114091_0_

[Regger]

When I did my Ax-15 swap with external slave from the "Puke-joke" with internal slave in my '88, I too only had the slave cylinder with a short section of the plastic line coming out of the slave. My original clutch line had the steel end with flare nut fittings.

All I did was cut the flared end off of the steel line, and using compression fittings attached the steel line to the plastic line.

I did that swap back in '98 and have not had an issue with leaking or breaking.

So I would say to just connect your existing line to the new slave line and go. Or as lsmurphy said, worst case you buy a new master and line.

 

HTH

Ryan