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Old 02-23-2010, 10:27 PM
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A bird living in my clutch

ok, 09 S2, 7000 miles on the car, clutch is not slipping, no viberation through the pedal, and engaging point is not high either.

everytime I begin to move the car, my clutch makes a squealing/chirping sound as I'm slipping it. it only makes sound when underload and slipping it

no any sound when in neutral and pedal at any position, depressing, or releasing, and its not the pedal

ok, a real recording

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNoS2gdA-c

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Release bearing or pilot bearing?
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Originally Posted by Easy_E1
Release bearing or pilot bearing?
will they make noise when in neutral?
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Release bearing when you depress the clutch.
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Originally Posted by Easy_E1
Release bearing when you depress the clutch.
then nope, no sound at any position, depressing, or releasing the clutch
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Originally Posted by jasonrxeight
will they make noise when in neutral?
Usually not.

Could also be contamination of the disc surface or a need for lube on the slave cylinder.
Or a droopy motor mount.
Or the starter harness rubbing on the chassis.
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Could it be this?

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...=squeak+grease
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I just updated the vid
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definitely a bird in your transmission.
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if you look above the pedal you can see 2 springs. grease them very well and that should kill the bird.
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Originally Posted by chrisis
if you look above the pedal you can see 2 springs. grease them very well and that should kill the bird.
if you look at the vid closely, its not from the pedal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNoS2gdA-c

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Check the link I posted -_-.
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