Slave Cylinder rod stuck in trans

[motorsports_3]

While bleeding my clutch I noticed fluid dripping from the bell housing. I took off the slave cylinder and noticed the rod was missing. Does anyone have any tricks to get it off with out lowering the trans?

[416stroker]

Its easy dont over think it. you may have to lower the rear of the trassmission. You can probably get a magnet and get the rod out. one the slave cylinders out.

[nrubenstein]

Get a magnet that's not too powerful and you should be able to fish it out. It's a pain in the ass, but doable.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I once spent three hours doing this. On gravel. Goiod luck.

[sharksforthecup]

Damn this happened to me on the the day I was trying to make bimmerfest. I ended up pulling the tranny, good luck!

[gazellebeigem3]

ive had to do it a couple times. its possible, you just have to be patient

[m_dudey]

happened to me when I was doing a s52 swap to replace a m52. flexible magnet and some patience...

[jrdeamicis]

Drill a hole in the bottom and then plug it when you are done.

[motorsports_3]

I ended up removing the rod. It was a bitch, but not as bad as I thought. For sure not something that I want to do again. I used a cloths hanger, with a name tag magnet which I had from working retail, duck taped together and it worked great.

My friend tells me that I could reuse the slave and rod, that seems sketchy to me. What do you guys think. I dont mind buying a new one, I dont want to deal with this again, but I dont want to be wastful, if mine is still good.

[nrubenstein]

Having taken one apart, I don't see anything wrong with that.

Unless, of course, it looks crappy in there.

Edit: You need to take it apart to reinstall the rod properly.