Methods to clean a contaminated clutch?
09-24-2006, 12:28 PM
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Methods to clean a contaminated clutch?
After developing a squeak and a sound that only went away when I depressed the clutch pedal, I decided to listen to a fellow enthusiast and spray WD40 into the boot that covers the Slave Cylinder. As I further read into the problem to diagnose the real issue, I concluded I may have contaminated my clutch by spraying WD40 into the dust boot area. Now, my clutch chatters, its hard to get into gears at times, and i'm very worried about busting my clutch.
Now, to help remedy the problem, I was wondering if I could clean the area I sprayed into with Brake Cleaner, in hopes of washing away any of the contaminants that possibly got on the clutch? Or is there no other way besides dropping the tranny>
Now, to help remedy the problem, I was wondering if I could clean the area I sprayed into with Brake Cleaner, in hopes of washing away any of the contaminants that possibly got on the clutch? Or is there no other way besides dropping the tranny>
09-24-2006, 01:02 PM
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Re: Methods to clean a contaminated clutch? (Archidictus)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Putting lubricant into the clutch area sounded like a good idea because...?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I was initially intending to spray the area where the clutch fork and slave cylinder ball met, but possibly could have sprayed some deeper into the area of the clutch fork. I'm not certain I got any into the clutch area, but its my assumption since I developed a chatter in my clutch, and its hard to get into gears.
I was initially intending to spray the area where the clutch fork and slave cylinder ball met, but possibly could have sprayed some deeper into the area of the clutch fork. I'm not certain I got any into the clutch area, but its my assumption since I developed a chatter in my clutch, and its hard to get into gears.
09-24-2006, 01:09 PM
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Re: Methods to clean a contaminated clutch? (EnjoyTheRideDC2)
I just talked to my clutch guy and he said its going to be hard to clean the clutch with it in the tranny. Esp if the oil soaked into the clutch material. Now when the clutch gets hot the oil will come out of the material and cause slippage and chatter. what kind of clutch is it
09-24-2006, 02:41 PM
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Re: Methods to clean a contaminated clutch? (wrx-killer-Sti eater)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wrx-killer-Sti eater »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just talked to my clutch guy and he said its going to be hard to clean the clutch with it in the tranny. Esp if the oil soaked into the clutch material. Now when the clutch gets hot the oil will come out of the material and cause slippage and chatter. what kind of clutch is it</TD></TR></TABLE>
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