RE: groaning clutch pedal in Milano

["Nick Koleszar" <npk@domain.elided>]

Derek

It's probably your clutch fork pivot pin on the way out. These are a weak
point on these cars. When they shear, they to allow over-extension of the
piston in the clutch slave cylinder which wrecks the seal, dumps the fluid
on the floor, leaving you with no clutch operation......

been there, done that, bought the t-shirt to mop up the mess under the car.

you need to get the car as far off the ground as possible and have a look at
the condition of the pin which holds the fork from the clutch slave cylinder
on to the clutch release arm.

50 cent part, horrendous job....

nk

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>
> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 08:27:39 -0800
> From: "Derek Ealy" <dealy663@domain.elided>
> Subject: groaning clutch pedal in Milano
>
> Two days ago I noticed a low pitch squeal/groan coming from the clutch
> pedal as I engaged (released my foot from the pedal) the clutch. At first
> I thought something needed lubrication, but after crawling into the
> footwell and spraying grease at every point which looked like it was
> moving the problem has not improved. Getting the nozzle up there was
> pretty hard so I'm not sure if I got the right angles to allow the lub
> into the parts which were moving.
>
> This morning the problem seemed maybe even a little worse. I'm no longer
> sure that it is a lubrication problem. When standing next to the car
> while someone else pumps the clutch the noise sounds pretty loud.

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