For the past couple days, my clutch has been making squeaky sounds well I push in and release the clutch. It might just be the weather (very humid, rain) affecting certain components with moisture. I've identified the source of the noise as coming from the rod that pulls the "withdrawn lever". This rod is situated inside a rubber cap as seen below (metal pointer showing the rubber cap):



Can this cap be removed? It seems to be on there pretty tight and Im doubting it can really be removed to lub up whatever is making the noise. Let me know your opinions. I guess the noise could als be coming from withdrawn lever pivot point or release bearing, but the noise really sounds like it's coming from outside the transmission case.


Dave

 

as far as i know, told to me by numerous others....squeeky clutch is throw out bearing...doesnt mean its bad, but that is the source of the squeeky sound. once again, correct me if I am wrong please.

 

that is the slave cylinder i believe, and no it can't be removed, see if it still does it after the moisture and humididity is gone

 

The slave cyl in my 93 altima used to squeek. The seal was wearing. I put some light grease on the rod and it quiet it down some. I'm guessing the seal around the piston was drying out.

Jae

 

What nismos said is right, your arrow points to a dust boot on the hydraulic clutch slave cylinder. He is however wrong (no offense bro') in saying that it can't be removed. The boot itself can be removed without having to remove the slave cylinder, that is if there's enough space to get at it with your hands. And if needed, the slave cyl can be removed too,but you'll need to bleed it upon reinstallation. The boot end stretch fits into a machined ring groove near the end of the slave cylinder. With any luck you can pull the boot back,sliding it back on the pushrod towards the fork side, exposing the slave cylinder bore and squirt some WD40 in there for ****s and giggles. I'd hit the area where the pushrod meets the clutch fork too. Since the area where the fork and pushrod meet is exposed to the elements and is metal on metal, this could be it too. I doubt this area is where the noise is originating from ,but who am I to call you a liar. In my experience, when slave cylinders go, they leak profusely,but don't make any noise to warn you they're going out. I've rebuilt and replaced a number of clutch slaves on Toyota Celicas,Toy pickups and LC's I've owned in the past. Good luck with it though!

 

Thanks for the help guys. I pulled back the dust boot on the cylinder rod and applied some grease. I then pryed out the clutch fork dust boot and was able to apply some grease to the upper pivot point of the clutch fork. Both these spots were noted in the 96 FSM as grease points. The noise is completely gone. Thanks again for the insight.


Dave