You are the man!

I have been living with the "chirping" since I put a new clutch in in August 03. I figured it was either the front bearing or the TOB (even though I replaced it). I adjusted my clutch today (I never even looked for the adjustment before) and WHALA! My little birdie is gone !

 

How do you adjust the clutch?
I am having the same discussion over this problem in another thread. Mine just started chirping, and it's driving me nuts.

 

On my 3rd gen it's adjustable where the shaft for the slave cylinder connects to the clutch pedal.

 

I should have posted sooner, but the chirping came back almost as quickly as it was eliminated.

However, today I was messing around under the truck with it running in Neutral (when mine chirped) and I grabbed the clutch fork and gave it a wiggle. This is the source of my chirp! I took the 2 bolts out of the slave cylinder and yep, metal to metal. Is there supposed to be a bushing in there? I think so, I will have to check with the dealer tomorrow. But anyways, I was looking for something to use as a bushing and I tried a valve stem cap and voila! it fits. This is probably a short term fix, I don't think a valve stem cap is rated for the wear of a slave cylinder bushing, but the chirping is gone! That chirping is sort of like chinese water torture.

 

I adjusted my clutch pedal a little and the chirping is mostly gone when the clutch pedal is not pushed when in neutral at idle. It seems like the 1-2 shift is a little smoother now. I'm thinking there was a little play or something before. Let us know if you find out about the bushing.

 

I actually should have posted before you wasted your time trying this. I gave that a shot a couple years ago and it came back too.

 

I don't think so. I just took some high pressure grease and smudged it where they contact. that isn't the source of my tweety bird. But I still haven't heard it since the flooding.

 

I stopped at the dealership today and there is no bushing for it. So I stopped at Autozone and bought a vaccum hose cap that fits perfectly...No more birdie. I almost forgot how quiet it is supposed to be.

 

I hope you bought alot of them. I can't see it lasting very long being constantly smashed betweent the slave rod and the fork and rotating on it.

 

Thats funny cause after a few water crossings the chirping went away on mine for a day. Water must help lubricate something I guess.

 

The only access hole in the bell housing I kno of is tward the bottom of the houseing im just not sure what u mean the fork is going threw I want to try what you are talking about but im not sure exactley how to do .any way u could explain for a dummy lol. I know there is like a rubber squar at bottom of bell housing that I can pop out and it will give me access into bottom of the bell housing is that the whole your talking about and were do I spray the greese lol. Could u try to help me understand please lol. By the way its my throw out barring cherping. It does it when the clutch is all the way out but if I just barley push on it at all it stops.