Creaky clutch pedal

Tigger · May 29, 2009

My clutch pedal is making a loud creaking/squeeking noise when you press/depress it :S

Any ideas what it could be?

Beef-Mc · May 29, 2009

French build quality?

davo172 · May 29, 2009

Tigger said:
My clutch pedal is making a loud creaking/squeeking noise when you press/depress it :S

Any ideas what it could be?

Grease or change cable mate thats what mine was

Tigger · May 29, 2009

^ Cheers mate, something else on the ToDo list lol

DrR · May 29, 2009

Cable is only £21 ish, will be a b*****d to do the first time you do it lol.

Didn't fix my creak though.

davo172 · May 29, 2009

DrRollo said:
Cable is only £21 ish, will be a b*****d to do the first time you do it lol.

Didn't fix my creak though.

Did fix mine. but your right they are a B*******D To change :dapprove:

rob_clio197rs · May 29, 2009

release bearing. prob find it has worn a groove on the pressure plate aswell

Fletcher · May 29, 2009

davo172 said:
Grease or change cable mate thats what mine was

I found that cured mine.

T26TGT · May 29, 2009

i got the same problem. deffs not the clutch release bearing!

Tigger · May 29, 2009

How hard to change the cable?

Ali · May 29, 2009

Cable improves it for sure, but the ultimate fix is something else. IIRC, it's the clutch release bearing............... Both my 172's had this issue.

Paddyhmfc · May 29, 2009

Where did you order the clutch cable from?

Mine is making a similar noise and wouldnt mind giving this a go to see if it solves it.

Jonny1*2 · May 29, 2009

DrRollo said:
Cable is only £21 ish, will be a b*****d to do the first time you do it lol.

Didn't fix my creak though.

Same, had mine changed at renault. Was fine until I got some heat in the engine bay. Mine only creeks though when i've been for a very spirited drive. Not sure where the creeking comes from, but i presume it's the cable rubbing on something.

you can see it when you remove the airbox so follow it back to the bulk head and grease it where contact is made i guess.

Russ_16v · May 29, 2009

Jonny1*2 said:
Same, had mine changed at renault. Was fine until I got some heat in the engine bay. Mine only creeks though when i've been for a very spirited drive. Not sure where the creeking comes from, but i presume it's the cable rubbing on something.

you can see it when you remove the airbox so follow it back to the bulk head and grease it where contact is made i guess.

iv found this too, over the past few years, after a track day or a good long drive my clutch starts creaking, a good lubing up (ooh err) solves it till the ebgine bay gets hot again lol

Tigger · May 29, 2009

Was on a spirited drive last night & this-morning - only really noticed it after that TBH so the heat has probably wore away some lube by the sounds of things (going by above comments)

I'll have it checked when I'm fitting other bits soon and see what way it goes

HeavyDee · Jun 5, 2009

Clutch pedal makes noise :-(

hey peeps,

ive recently had a problem with my clutch pedal after driving it for around 40 mins, there becomes a slight scratching noise and feeling when i put my foot down on the clutch. it first started after i was giving it a bit of welly and crunched my gears, when the car is parked up for around a hour it stops... can anyone help me??? its a 54 plate 182, with 30,000 on the clock. thanks.

Tigger · Jun 5, 2009

Re: Clutch pedal makes noise :-(

I had the same thing
Spray some WD40 on your clutch cable - that sorted mine out on Wednesday night and it's been fine so far

Jonny1*2 · Jun 5, 2009

Re: Clutch pedal makes noise :-(

You're not the only one;

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5479770#post5479770

Tigger · Jun 5, 2009

Sprayed some WD40 on the cable, well what you can see of it in the bay and above the pedals.

Seems to have done the trick

Paddyhmfc · Jun 5, 2009

Is it easy enough access to the cable?

Wouldnt mind trying the same on mine.

Tigger · Jun 5, 2009

On your knees!

Jonny1*2 · Jun 5, 2009

if you remove the air box you should be able to get to part of it. If you remove the bottom engine cover, you should be able to see it also

Tigger · Jun 7, 2009

Mine's back again!

DannyR · Jun 7, 2009

My pedal creaks like mad after being on a trackday, I just put it down to excessive use and warmth

mrgund · Jun 7, 2009

Turn the radio up?

fUbAr · Jun 7, 2009

mrgund said:
Turn the radio up?

you can actually 'feel' it though.

I just put up with it, its one of those things you just have to accept

Tigger · Jun 7, 2009

New cable time?

Tigger · Jun 8, 2009

How hard is it to replace the clutch cable?

DrR · Jun 8, 2009

Hardest part for me was removing the clip from behind the pedal, that bit took me 2 hours lol.

Rest about an hour.

Tigger · Jun 8, 2009

lol sounds like fun

Guide on here at all mate?

pingaloca · Jun 13, 2009

this creaky sound can get really annoying (especially while being stuck on traffic), all i can say is that replacing the cable cured the noise for about a week and the noise came back twice as annoying !
ill try the WD40 trick, see if it'll help...

Tigger · Jul 25, 2009

Still no cure for this?

For the above reason ^ I don't fancy replacing the cable.

Creaking was really bad for most of today driven 140 miles - long drives & some spirited blasts included
There's only 36k on my car too

Fletcher · Jul 25, 2009

Tigger said:
Still no cure for this? For the above reason ^ I don't fancy replacing the cable.

Creaking was really bad for most of today driven 140 miles - long drives & some spirited blasts included
There's only 36k on my car too

Mike@Rentech re-greased mine ages ago, it hasn't creaked since

Tigger · Jul 25, 2009

Where-abouts & what exactly was greased mate, do you know if it's easily done?

Fletcher · Jul 25, 2009

Tigger said:
Where-abouts & what exactly was greased mate, do you know if it's easily done?

Just the cable IIRC.

IIRC Jamestone of JMS tunning used some motorbike oil (or something similar) on his clutch cable to stop the creaking and make the clutch action smoother.

Tigger · Jul 25, 2009

Easy to access, where abouts can you get at it to grease it up (guessing it's as simple as find & spray)

I sprayed some grease on it about a month ago from what I could see by peering into the bay but I've probably missed loads of it lol

Fletcher · Jul 25, 2009

Tigger said:
Easy to access, where abouts can you get at it to grease it up (guessing it's as simple as find & spray)

I sprayed some grease on it about a month ago from what I could see by peering into the bay but I've probably missed loads of it lol

I tried the WD-40 method, and it worked for about 30-40 miles and then once hot the creaking returned

You need to get to the cable, god knows how

Ryan k · Jul 26, 2009

Mine creaks alot, on mine its the knuckle that is in the center of the clutch release arm. They get dry which causes friction hence the creaking.

caister · Jul 28, 2009

Ryan k said:
Mine creaks alot, on mine its the knuckle that is in the center of the clutch release arm. They get dry which causes friction hence the creaking.

Thats what mine is, any idea what to put on it to stop it drying out? Its quite a tight space to get too and I wary of getting grease on the clutch plate.

Ryan k · Jul 29, 2009

caister said:
Thats what mine is, any idea what to put on it to stop it drying out? Its quite a tight space to get too and I wary of getting grease on the clutch plate.

White grease, its pritty easy to get the straw nossel in there. its not the easyest of things to get too.

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