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Author:  kiwi1275 [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:44 am ]
Post subject:  Clutch noise
Hi all

My clutch has started making a squeaking noise when depressed, sounds like there are a flock of sparrows under the bonnet.

I am guessing it is something bad, anybody had anything similar?

Cheers
Stu
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:53 am ]
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Clutch release bearing.
Can be fixed in the car. Use a good UK-made bearing (RHP)- the cheap jap bearings are a POS (3 weeks, I got from the last one I used) :cry:
Author:  gafmo [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:17 am ]
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RHP :?: DOc
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:43 am ]
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gafmo wrote:
RHP :?: DOc


RHP = RansomeHoffmanPollard- UK bearing maker.
Their bearings can be got from any bearing supply house, they also come in the Borg & Beck (and probably Unipart) clutch kits. :wink:

If release bearing doesn't have `made in England' on it I won't buy it any more.
Author:  cush [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:48 pm ]
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i'm glad.... i'm about to get the borg and beck kit :)
Author:  thommo09 [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:23 pm ]
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yeah mine just started maiing that noise the other day....wondered what it was

maybe we should have a clutch-bearing-fix-it-up day cush :lol: :roll:
Author:  cush [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:25 pm ]
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i was just going to send mine to the pros :)
Author:  thommo09 [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:00 pm ]
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fair enuf i spose.... :? where's the satisfaction in doing that though?? knowing you;ve done the job yourself!

speaking of doing the job yourself.....is it a hard job for a novice (like myself) to do? or does cush have the right idea in sending it to the pros?
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:09 pm ]
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Release bearing job is real easy, once you get all the bolts out of the clutch cover. Bottom 2 are tricky. I use a 1/2" ring/OE spanner with the ring end heated and bent to 45*.
Works for me... :wink:
Author:  thommo09 [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:13 pm ]
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and its in the black book?

how long do they usually last? cos i had a new clutch etc put in about a year and a half ago..... :?: :?
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:28 pm ]
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Would be in the book- just stop `clutch dismantling' once you have the cover off. :lol:

How long is a piece of string- it should last for years if you don't ride the clutch at the lights or rest your foot on it... :wink:
Maybe you've got one of the cheapo jap bearings in there...!
Author:  cush [ Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:02 am ]
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i was giving it to the pros beacause i'm not enritrely sure what the problem is and it's a case of.. "while you're in there...." :)


plus, i get the satisfaction of not arsing it up
Author:  thommo09 [ Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:57 am ]
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well i havent been riding the clutch or resting my foot on it.......but my engine mounts are on the way out so i've been VERY gentle on gearchanges for a few months now.....

ahh well, i'm guessing just doing the bearing isnt too expensive either is it?
Author:  cush [ Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:00 am ]
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the part is bugger, if i remember, so it's all labour...
Author:  Anto [ Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:09 am ]
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drmini in aust wrote:
Release bearing job is real easy, once you get all the bolts out of the clutch cover. Bottom 2 are tricky. I use a 1/2" ring/OE spanner with the ring end heated and bent to 45*.
Works for me... :wink:


You heated your spanner?? I bought a $1 Super Cheap spanner, just bent it in a vice :) They do have a habit of snapping though.

The annoying part is that I have lost my custom spanner for clutch end covers, and I'm up for a bearing replacement again!
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