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Hey. Just wondering if my clutch might be going shortly or not? It squeaks most times and the release point in the pedal is very high.

Anything to worry about?

Also can someone post a link to the thread about the air con control lights and how to change them please? I cant seem to find it (even through search bar).

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if it squeaks when you push the pedal in then it could be 1 of 2 issues. 1 is the bracket where the pedal mounts under they dash. the other is the pivot bolt inside the gearbox. the first issue is the easiest to check and fix. the second is relatively easy to check, but much harder to fix as the gearbox has to come out

if the pivot bolt is damaged in anyway then the next time you press the clutch pedal may be the last before it gives out and you lose all use of the clutch. when mine broke i pushed the clutch in and it felt funny, so i let it up and did it again. it still felt funny. i let my foot up and the pedal got nearly all the way back out before it shot to the floor. i could pull it back up by hand but the clutch didn't work.

I had the same issue on my old R33. It was the clutch fork which needed to be lubricated.

Squeaky when pressing and releasing, very annoying. Grabbed a can of motorbike chain grease and sprayed in the plastic flap where the fork is located. Annoying problem solved and cost me $6 to fix =)

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if it squeaks when you push the pedal in then it could be 1 of 2 issues. 1 is the bracket where the pedal mounts under they dash. the other is the pivot bolt inside the gearbox. the first issue is the easiest to check and fix. the second is relatively easy to check, but much harder to fix as the gearbox has to come out

Mine has a squeaking sound audible from outside the car, which isn't all to audible for me but I don't like it being there :P

I'm assuming it's the pivot bolt. Where abouts should I look for that and do I need to take the gearbox out to greese it up?

you can fix the squeaking pivot bolt without removing the gearbox. you simply spray something like a spray grease in through the opening around where the clutch fork goes into the gearbox.

WD40 sounds like it'll do the trick :P

I had a mechanic do that on my Excel once but the squeaking soon redeveloped.

Is a lack of lubricant the only thing causing the squeak?

yeah it is. also wd40 is too thin, so the noise will come back after a few weeks/months. something thicker like a spray grease, motorbike chain lube, or even just a blob of grease on the end of a long screw driver (and then a small piece of wire to work it into the right area) will be better than wd40. wd40 isn't really a very good lubricant.

yeah it is. also wd40 is too thin, so the noise will come back after a few weeks/months. something thicker like a spray grease, motorbike chain lube, or even just a blob of grease on the end of a long screw driver (and then a small piece of wire to work it into the right area) will be better than wd40. wd40 isn't really a very good lubricant.

Any specific type of lube you recommend? I'll pop into supercheap or something on the way home.

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if you go to advanced search and search for posts about the pivot bolt and my name you'll find a pic i posted about it

Thanks Hugh. I haven't had a chance to do it recently, and I went to do it the other night and it wouldn't make the sound (it's a bit hard to work out where the sounds coming from when the sound isn't being made :whistling: )

If I get home by a reasonable hour tonight, I'll have a look...

For future Googlers

here is the picture. the pivot bolt is about 2 inches in behind that soft bit.

the picture is taken from the drivers side. if you stick your head under the car just behind the front wheel that is what you'll see.

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Thanks Hugh. I haven't had a chance to do it recently, and I went to do it the other night and it wouldn't make the sound (it's a bit hard to work out where the sounds coming from when the sound isn't being made :blink: )

If I get home by a reasonable hour tonight, I'll have a look...

For future Googlers

Further noting, it's on the drivers side of the gearbox, there's a medium, square rubber grommet... just pull it out on one side and move it out of the way.

I sprayed some WD40 in and it fixed it.. but give it a week and it'll come back..

What part in particular am I supposed to lube??

What should I be straining to look for? I can only really see a black single bolt.

you should see the clutch fork sitting on that bolt. that bolt has a mushroom shaped head on it and the clutch fork pivots on that. you need to lube up the top of the pivot bolt. you just have to spray a heap of lube onto the area and then continuously push on the clutch to work it into where it needs to be

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sorry to dig up and old thread but im a little confused.

My clutch squeaks when i press and release it and im trying to diagnose why.

I'm looking under the dash to find the bracket that may] need greasing up but im not sure where exactly i should be greasing.

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where should i be lubricating??

any help would be greatly appreciated!

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