Mystery Clutch Squeal
 

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I drove around a good bit yesterday, about 100 miles of twisties, and came home smiling. I got the wild hair up my ass to install some 9006's in the turnsignals ("twilight" mod), so I did that, and waited till tark to see how well they worked. I left the house, and got a 1-3 second long squeal each time I fully engaged the clutch. The squeal would always go away after a second or two, or if I slightly disengaged the clutch. There was no slippage. There was no judder. I'm thinking maybe a pilot bearing, which I was upset about because I don't need a clutch, but I'm not going to open it up and not put a new clutch in.

Went out again this morning. I started gentle and there was no squeal. I pushed a little harder, and still nothing. Came home, let the car sit for an hour, and went out again, pushing harder. No squeal, no slippage, no problems.

I'm a firm believer of if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Based on this little bit of data, what do you guys think? Thanks

If it comes back, put a little grease on the ball end of the slave cylinder where it meets the release fork.

yup common problem

Do what Olderguy says and then see what happens. Sounds to me more like a pilot bearing ot throw-out bearing problem.

Thank you for the replies. I narrowed the squeal occurance to only night time. It must be a low temp thing.

Will let you know if the squeal comes back since spraying chain lube at the slave/release fork area.

Update:

Greased as instructed by olderguy. Problem fixed. A big thank you. :bigtu: