On 11 Oct 2006 at 20:29, DLylis@aol.com wrote:
> If it is any consolation, I had the same thing happen, however,
> I started driving the car more and it went away, and stayed away,
> until I started driving the car less.
I've been reading this thread with a sense of deja vu all over again.
My GT6's TO bearing used to squeal whenever I wasn't depressing the
clutch pedal. I even pulled the tranny out once and replaced the
bearing on the possibility that it was too stiff. (The machine shop
guy I had press it onto the carrier commented on how smooth the new
one was, but it wasn't really different from the one he took out.
Anyone need a very lightly-used RHP TO bearing for a GT6? :-)
The thing is, a Spitfire/GT6 clutch slave cylinder is supposed to
have a spring inside which keeps the bearing in slight contact with
the finger springs. So why was mine squealing? Perhaps my spring
was missing from the SC; I have reasons to suspect something like
that. I attached a helper spring to the TO arm and the problem got
better. It still squeals when the car is cold, so I keep my left
foot lightly on the pedal just enough to make it stop. But after
five to ten minutes the squealing goes away.
I hypothesize that the rubber seal in the SC acts differently as it
warms up. Or that bearing loosens up as it warms. But I don't know
for sure. It is something I can live with for now. The next time I
take the interior apart I'll refresh the fluid, and maybe take the SC
apart out of curiosity, maybe rebuild or replace it.
--
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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