£3.50 answer to a stiff and creaky clutch?

[Blue Mez]

Well done jinjur, thats a good guide mate, i'll save this thread for when the weather is warmer

 

[pokerdemon]

Did this today following the guide, i must say what a difference it has made! Clutch no longer creaks and it a lot, lot smoother. Only problem i had was getting the rubber gator seated properly afterwards. This is a great (temporary?) fix!!!

 

[kristian]

I also did this, creek is back already!!! The noise is 100% not the cable on mine but the clutch itself. The car has sat still for 3 years though.

I used lithium greese, didn't last long at all. May try Somthing else

 

[kristian]

I also did this, creek is back already!!! The noise is 100% not the cable on mine but the clutch itself. The car has sat still for 3 years though.

I used lithium greese, didn't last long at all. May try Somthing else

 

[kristian]

Hmmm, random posted twice ^^^^

 

[ripp]

how long it took for the creak to come back?

 

[Greeny.]

I lubed mine up ages ago and it came back a month later but that was with crap grease to just try it out

 

[Siy]

All the image attachments from the guide seem to be dead..

does anyone have images showing the location of the release bearing/parts that i should be spraying?

i have a 1.6 16v and the clutch cable ends near the front of the engine, i can see a fork with rubber boot which is pulled by the clutch cable, is this as simple as pulling the rubber off then spraying into gap? or am i way off?

Thanks
Simon

 

[john.med]

What do Sideways Danny, Fred and the other experts have to say on this? I'd love to hear there input.

 

[kristian]

^^^^^ me too

 

[Siy]

me three... or should that be one...

 

[kristian]

They don't seem to care lol

 

[kristian]

Or maybe they just dont know mines creaking again, lasts about 5 days each time

 

[ripp]

what grease did you used?

 

[kristian]

Tryed some lithium spray greese, lasted about a day,so i had nothing to lose and used some wd40 and it lasted about a week. I don't really no what to do now. The cars very low milage so the clutch shouldn't be worn.

 

[ripp]

well if there's a squeak maybe we should find some type of grease that lasts more than a couple of days. let the search begin..
so, lithium spray grease doesn't work (you did spray in the areas mentioned by the OP right?)

 

[kristian]

Yeah obviously it did stop but for only a day or so, no where near long enough. A month or so and I'd be happy, permanently and it would be awsome

 

[ripp]

one thing bugs me. there are billions of cars using clutch mechanisms like ours, why aren't they squeaking?

 

[kristian]

It's French is what everyone will say

 

[ripp]

my old reno 19 was fine though..

 

[kristian]

My 182 is fine but my cup just makes a realllllly annoying noise

 

[kristian]

Well as no one has a solution I'm going to purchase a new clutch this week and fit at the weekend.

 

[ripp]

don't do that unless your clutch is worn out. back in sept 09 I changed my clutch with a helix organic unit and the squeak came back 3 days after!

 

[kristian]

I can't cope with mine, it's horrible to pull away with aswell as the creek!! It's almost impossible to get a smooth pull away. Could be the pressure plate fucked but after a spray with lube it's all good for a few days so..... I just don't no

 

[Blue Mez]

Anyone had any experience with the LK sports clutch off ebay?