Creaky Clutch on an 8???

[Jones the boost]

After some thoughts as to possibilitities with this one??

When applying pressure to the clutch, there's a nasty creeking/squaking kind of noise coming from the mechanisim (gearbox side but also very prominant from within the cabin too) and only happens during actuation as the return motion of the pedal is fine.

Its used to only do this when the engine/gearbox was hot but its pretty much like this generally now.

In the middle of changing the clutch line at the moment and as such will bleed the system and will also adjust the pedal and see if that helps.

Any thoughts further to this?

(someone did mention sometime ago that it could be the fingers of the clutch pressure plate?)

 

[Nickygixer-k5]

I have a new twin in mine and it makes the noise you describe and on my last twin carbon clutch it only happened when hot. I asked Ant (Indigo) about it and he told me it was the plates bedding in

 

[fq-craigus]

had this once on my type r and it stopped after a couple of hundred miles and funnily enough that was after i had my gearbox out and repaired, car did another 20k after that before i sold it and as far as i know is still going strong

 

[Jones the boost]

The same clutch (standard according to the coverplate mitsi no.) has been on her for years and literally over the last 12 months or its gradually got worse so its nothing that needs bedded in thats for sure.....its heck of a creak mind you :wtf:

I wonder idf there's anything that I can lubricate somewhere?? (tried the pedal itself but to no avail)

 

[fq-craigus]

im stumped in that case, could be new clutch time

if your looking for the flagsquad you have found them we are here an in force

 

[Jones the boost]

Line changed/bled etc etc and its still there....Ggggrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

Its got to be the cover plate surely.

 

[jamie@evotune]

Probably the release bearing fork pivot.

Unfortunately the only way to lubricate it properly is by removing the gearbox.

 

[Jones the boost]

Probably the release bearing fork pivot.

Unfortunately the only way to lubricate it properly is by removing the gearbox.

Bout' ya Jamie mate, thanks :awesome:

To be honest Ive been kidding myself thinking its something other than internal bellhousing work but there again maybe I shouldnt worry and as long as she isnt slipping during wot @ 1.85 bar

FYI - things are excellent this end regarding other stuff

 

[jamie@evotune]

Bout' ya Jamie mate, thanks :awesome:

To be honest Ive been kidding myself thinking its something other than internal bellhousing work but there again maybe I shouldnt worry and as long as she isnt slipping during wot @ 1.85 bar

FYI - things are excellent this end regarding other stuff

Good to hear mate

i would not worry about it to be honest.