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Re: Clutch pedal creak and pop

To: "Brent Edinger" <banana111@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Clutch pedal creak and pop
From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:02:48 -0400
At 07:27 PM 10/14/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Gunny,  I just took my clutch pedal assembly apart to check it out. It was
>making the same sounds you descibe. Mine made those noises for a long time. I
>tried squirting wd40 on it in the past but it would only go away for a short
>time. Now that I have it apart I see why it it was squeaking. To get it apart
>i had to drive the pin out as it was dry and rusty. It should just slide out.
>The pedal wasn't turning freely on the pin and the flat spring washer had been
>doing some gouging into the bracket. The pin has a groove worn into one side
>and some strange wear in the flat step on the pin. The whole thing was binding
>up. I'm thinking of drilling a hole in the pedal and installing a grease
>fitting so if the sound returns in the future I can give it a shot of grease.
>
>         Brent, B9471023
>Brent,
        Suggest that you not drill the pedal lever.  Might weaken and break.

        Just crawling under the steering wheel once a year or so and
greasing the
pin might be safer.  You would probably have to crawl under the steering
colume to fill a grease zert anyway.
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others

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