I started to get a squeaky clutch on my car recently and I remember seeing complaints the same thing in past months. My squeak really sounded like it was coming from the clutch pedal area under the dash of the car, but when I got my wife to push in the clutch with my ears in the engine bay it was definitely coming from the clutch fork/slave cylinder area. Some of the noise was just transferring to the clutch pedal making it tricky to diagnose. So here is what I did. I ended up pulling off the square shaped boot that goes over the clutch fork that mounts into the block -square shaped hole. I slid it as far to the right as possible so it was over the clutch slave cylinder as much as possible. Doing that exposes the clutch slave cylinder rubber boot. The clutch slave cylinder boot is one of those thin kinked style boots (similar looking to the one that is used on the throttle cable). I pulled the slave cylinder boot as far to the right as possible exposing the metal slave cylinder rod within. I put a good dose of high quality brake lube grease on the metal rod and slid the boot back over to the left in tight position up against the end of the rod where it meets the clutch fork. Then I put the square rubber cover back over the clutch fork and pushed it tightly into the block opening at all edges. Upon completion I had my wife press the clutch again, on the second push of the clutch the noise went away instantly, and it has not returned since. So it looks like a fix for that type of noise, if it is happening to you I would give it a shot, takes about 5 mins to complete. As I now think about the way the slave cylinder works, it might be best to apply the grease with the clutch pedal depressed, having someone push the clutch in and hold it while you lube the slave cylinder rod. I didn't do it that way but thinking back that may be a better method, and that may be why it took two pedal applications for the noise to disappear, as the grease had to work its way further into the cylinder. I may try it that way next time, but for now it seems to have worked the way that I did it. hth.

Joey


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[Modified by JSIR, 7:01 PM 5/5/2002]

 

Note to self: remember this one

Good work!

 

forgot to mention, if your car is under warranty I am sure the dealer will fix it for you in the same manner for free, I just decided to do it myself and save leaving the car at the dealer for an entire day as my dealer enjoys wasting my time like that.

 

 

I did the same thing, eventually the sound came back. that is the fix though. I ended up replacing it anyway.

 

I believe this is a regular maintenance item that has to be done as the noise returns, every so often.

 

Thanks!

 

Yeah it is fairly common.

 

I just saved this for future reference, in the event that my new Exedy clutch/fly ever gets installed!

 

How would I access this spot that needs to be lubed ?? From on top of the engine bay ?? Beneath the car ?? etc ??

 

BUMP !! Please someone with an answer... I want to fix this tomorrow morning.

 

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From the top. The original poster lubed the slave cylinder push rod, but sometimes the noise is from the clutch fork pivot. Honda Urea grease is my preferred lubricant for those two points.

 

could we mabye get a couple pictures of how to do this so it's a little easy for someone who has never done it before...*noob*

 

thanks... how would you access the clutch fork pivot ?? Also from the top ?? How much is honda urea grease and how long does it last ??

 

The clutch fork is what the slave cylinder pushes, and it needs to be lubed in two places. Where the slave cylinder push rod touches it, and at the pivot point. I would recommend taking out the two 12mm bolts that hold the slave cylinder to the transmission, then removing the square rubber dust cover boot. Getting to the cup on the clutch fork for the slave will be cake. The pivot will require more finesse-perhaps some grease on the end of a screwdriver.
This is all much easier when the transmission is out for a clutch job, which is when I lube mine

 

&lt;--- begging for pics so I dont F up my car tomorrow... pppppppplease, If i run out to my car and snap a pic can you show me what to do ??

 

The bolt holes for the slave cylinder and the dust boot are circled in red.

 

You're the man... if you ever need something like a dollar just ask....

 

hrmmm

 

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The bolt holes for the slave cylinder and the dust boot are circled in red.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for that picture, clears up the confusion for me!

 

*Adds to Favorites*

This is VERY useful information, thanks!

 

PROBLEM SOLVED !!! Worked like a charm !! Thanks again to all those that helped. Bump for an awesome fix

 

i took my car in for the same thing and they lubed something but the sound was still there i will mention this on my 30000 service next month thanks!

 

Great work!

 

savin!