tonyarcur

Hi Everyone:
I have had a clicking noise whenever the clutch was engaged. As a result of reading the archives I replaced the slave cylinder. That was last june. The noise stopped. Well, now its back again. Has anyone changed therir slave cylinder because of this clicking and had it return. If so what did you do. Do I need to replace the cylinder again. Thanks for your help.

Terry Adams

I have only had the click once in the life of my car. It went away with a fluid flush, without replacing the slave cylinder. Did you replace the fluid when you changed the slave cylinder?

tonyarcur

Hi terry:
No I did not flush out the system. I will give that a try. Thanks

mike cap

Tony,

Do a search on this - may take a while, since this has been discussed a lot. You've gone the traditional route (slave cylinder and flush), but one of the guys here recently solved this problem (and posted the results here) by lubricating the pivot and actuator points back where the slave cylinder is. I had my shop in Syracuse do this lubrication when my '97 was in for fall service (along with the annual slave bleed) and for the first time no "creaking clutch" !!

I actually printed off the forum thread (must have been this past summer?) and gave it to my shop for them to read and do the lube work.

kkim

Mike,

Any other info as to who posted that info would be appreciated. I missed that one.

mike cap

Kelly,

Found it:

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ghlight=crusty

Eight post down - Max911.

JohnJL

Another:
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ghlight=clutch

JasonAndreas

If your hearing a clicking sound (click-click-click) and not a "creaking" sound when you push the clutch pedal to the floor then chances are your release bearing and/or your pressure plate have partially failed.

kkim

Thank you, Mike. LOL... I don't remember the thread and I posted in it... boy am I getting old.

mrsullivan

what about the "creaking" sound.... i sometimes get that and wrote it off as something that some wd40 or lithium grease would cure...appears to have more to do with the clutch PEDAL depressing, not the clutch itself...

mike cap

Kelly:
Too much sun. No such problem here.

Sulley:
Creaking sound is what we're talking about. Sounds like an old screen door spring. The lubrication that my shop did with the car in the air did the trick.

JPL 993-C4S

I had a clicking sound coming from the rear area of my C4S... initially thought it might be something from the engine area but it turned out to be a screw in the tire.