EJ8VTEC

My clutch starts to make a kind of sqeaking noise when it is pushed down. Sometimes it wont do it. It engages fine, its a stock clutch in a gsr trans. It did it a few months ago before i finished the swap, but now it seems to do it even more. I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas on what it could be, i just really dont like the sound...

civicboisi

sqeaking or more like grinding? also, in gear or in neutral...or both? Does it go away when you press the clutch pedal? Can you feel it on the pedal?

EJ8VTEC

anytime both gear n neautral... whenever i press it it kinda sounds almost like rubbing rubber, its like a squeak noise, i dont think its grinding at all.

civicboisi

does it get louder when you let off and you're in neutral? Then go away when you press the clutch in to engage?

EJ8VTEC

It only does it a very little when i let off the clutch. Every time i push down the cluch however it does it the same once it gets to a point. In the morning it doesnt do it at all, but after driving for a while i guess after it heats up it does it. It may not even be a factor in the winter, im not sure yet, cause like i said it just started not long before i did the swap last month, the same time it started getting warm.
That was also a a stock y8 w/ an ex trans so it must have something to do w/ the cluch, maybe the slave cyl??

civicboisi

there are bearings in your transmission that could wear over time...input shaft bearing, for example, are prone to go bad after awhile. They're not that expensive as a part, just a bit time consuming to install yourself. But then again, diagnosting a problem like this via internet isn't great at all too...

EJ8VTEC

see it doesnt do it the whole way down just about the 2nd half so i didnt think it was a berring, it would make noise the whole way...

civicboisi

no, because my input shaft bearing is going bad too and it's doing it half way on the pedal...it's like a grinding noise when im in neutral, but when i step on the clutch to engage half the way, it'll go away...won't hear it until im completly off the clutch again in neutral...but in gear, i'll hear it when i accelerate to a certain RPM, then it'll go away

EJ8VTEC

yeah thats what my old trans did, n yes u have a berring prob but this is completely diff. The sound goes away for you cause when you push the clutch down after half way is when it catches and it is dissengaged.

EJ8VTEC

bump still dont know the deal what this noise is...

JDM-97CX

Throw out bearing.

EJ8VTEC

dude i really dont think its a berring... i have heard bad berrings b4 n i dont think its that

kkim

try lubing the arm where the clutch slave enters the housing. it's back under the rubber cover for the slave, provided you have a hydro clutch.

JDM-97CX

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You said it is a squeak right? And it is when you depress the clutch right? Well the only thing I can really think of causing that is a throw out bearing.

As a side note I just did a throw out bearing in a friends mustang who swore by all things holy that it wasn't the bearing. When I pulled the car into the shop it sounded like some one stuck a cat in the bell housing. I put it on te lift and pulled the tranny. When I depressed the clutch fork to remove the bearing it broke into god only knows how many pieces.

EJ8VTEC

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kkim &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">try lubing the arm where the clutch slave enters the housing. it's back under the rubber cover for the slave, provided you have a hydro clutch. </TD></TR></TABLE>

it is hydro, what lube do you recommend?

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You said it is a squeak right? And it is when you depress the clutch right? Well the only thing I can really think of causing that is a throw out bearing.

As a side note I just did a throw out bearing in a friends mustang who swore by all things holy that it wasn't the bearing. When I pulled the car into the shop it sounded like some one stuck a cat in the bell housing. I put it on te lift and pulled the tranny. When I depressed the clutch fork to remove the bearing it broke into god only knows how many pieces. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I just put the new motor trans in last month, the throwout berring looked fine, ill take a look tho

JDM-97CX

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The outside of the bearing isn't the part I would worry about. But hey what ever.

kkim

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it is hydro, what lube do you recommend?

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Try anything you have handy with a nozzle for now (WD-40 would work) just to see if it gets rid of the noise.

When I had the R, the forum was recommending using a spray lithium grease. I ended up using a teflon based spray lube called Tri Flow.

good luck.. hope it's something as simple as this. The fixes for noises from inside the clutch/tranny can get pretty involved to eliminate.

EJ8VTEC

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Try anything you have handy with a nozzle for now (WD-40 would work) just to see if it gets rid of the noise.

When I had the R, the forum was recommending using a spray lithium grease. I ended up using a teflon based spray lube called Tri Flow.

good luck.. hope it's something as simple as this. The fixes for noises from inside the clutch/tranny can get pretty involved to eliminate.

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Yeah i hear ya, it sounds to me like its near the slave cyl and after hearing what ypu had to say it makes sence cause it feels like something needs some "grease"

EJ8VTEC

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The outside of the bearing isn't the part I would worry about. But hey what ever.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the berring that came w/ the trans looked like ****, n i knew some1 that owned a b series trans so he gave me his clutch n throwout berring cause they looked to still be in good shape when he got his stage 2