just a quickie chaps.....

[dragdolph]

just been blitzing a few cars in El 'Sley including a "rude-boy" M3, when my clutch started to squeak really badly when pressing.


not worried about it, but i was going to oil it with a dab of Mobil-1 tommorrow.

good idea? over to the experts!

[thub]

I presume you mean the clutch pedal squeeks?
TADTS - the dab of oil should sort it for now. Just be ready to be upside down in the footwell to reach the pivot.

There is a bush replacement kit available (better bush etc). I'm sure some of the other PHers can tell you where it comes from.

[dragdolph]

cheers big-lad!

what a lovely pic of your car!

wasnt really a fan of red elises, but i think im converted!

good-lad

[dragdolph]

ok chaps, ive oiled everything (well seems like i have) around "the good, bad and the neccessary" (read, throttle, brake and clutch), and finally came across the bushes (if they are those little disc thingys that rotate..im SURE THEY ARE).

i gave these as much monkey gizz as possible, on the inside and out. the further pivot point was WAY out of reach.

3 questions:

1)have i done something stupid or wrong?

2)shall i grease anywhere else?

3)is El 'sley getting damaged if it continues?

cheers, gents the lot of you!

>> Edited by dragdolph on Saturday 6th December 15:44

[dragdolph]

guys?

[Pies]

Looks like there all out christmas shopping

[dragdolph]

or they are ignoring me!

bar-stewards

..although, id ignore me if i was them

[mat glew]

mine does exactly the same.....a quick spurt of wd 40 does the trick (for a week or 2 at least). I read somewhere it is a common problem that was solved in models late 99 onwards. Only way to stop it for good is to get the bushes changed

[thub]

Hello dragdolph, I'm back. I wasn't ignoring you.

It sounds like you've oiled all the right places. The clutch pedal pivot is a swine to get to, but at least it's the lower of the two pivots that needs oiling (the pivot for the cylinder rod that goes through the bulkhead.)

Thanks for the compliments on the car photo. I made sure I took some shots after I'd finished a thorough clean for last year's Pistonfest.

[dragdolph]

cheers guys

i cant wait to see it at pistonfest this time around!

(if your going of course).

shall be a hoot!

[cuzza]

dragdolph said:

ok chaps, ive oiled everything (well seems like i have) around "the good, bad and the neccessary" (read, throttle, brake and clutch), and finally came across the bushes (if they are those little disc thingys that rotate..im SURE THEY ARE).

If they're shiny, then they're the brake disks, so no don't grease them

dragdolph said:

i gave these as much monkey gizz as possible, on the inside and out. the further pivot point was WAY out of reach.

Monkey gizz may contain salt, so using that may not be such a good idea

dragdolph said:

1)have i done something stupid or wrong?

Nah, if you didn't get as far as the cable then it'll be fine - make sure you didn't get any onthe pedals or that it can't drip on them though

dragdolph said:

2)shall i grease anywhere else?

See if the sound goes first, if not, try an d work out where it is from - if it' behind you, it's at the other end of the cable.

dragdolph said:

3)is El 'sley getting damaged if it continues?

Doubtful as long as the clutch isn't slipping or dragging it'll just be an annoyance - turn the stereo up!!

[dragdolph]

cheers Cuzza!

can you imagine the machine used to extract monkey jizz?

[cuzza]

dragdolph said:

cheers Cuzza! can you imagine the machine used to extract monkey jizz?

I was doing alright at not imagining it 'til then

[mat glew]

I think it's done by hand as no ones invented a machine for them yet!

[cuzza]

That explains the parts prices I suppose!

[dragdolph]

"what do you do for a living?"

"i...i'd rather not say"

"go on...it cant be that bad?"

"im what you call, an..um...a jizz extractor, currently specialising in primates at the moment"


"...get your stuff kids..were leaving"