John: Glad to hear that was the extent of the problem. I've also been told to replace them at the same time, but I didn't on either car that failed. So far, so good. The slave is very easy to get to; it can be seen, felt, and yes...even removed easily from the driver's side. Mesa has the part listed in their WWW catalog (http://home.earthlink.net/). Best, Jeffrey BMW ACA / CCA