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Hi peeps,

Ive noticed on my 90 that the clutch pedal is very sticky, it goes down fine but with a squeak and on the way up it is very sticky, you can almost take your foot off before it comes back up. Very annoying when you are trying to find the biting point and makes a very harsh pull away.

The squeak is coming from inside the bell housing, now i know the 300 suffers with the weak clutch fork but would that make it sticky on the pedal?

Or could it be the clutch itself?

Any advise would be great.

P.s I have'nt used it for a while as ive been doing suspension and stuff and the last owner did'nt use it for a while either.

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The pedal pivot point is most likely drying up - probably never having been lubricated since the truck was made. Undo the 6 x screws and remove the top cover, as shown here -

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That is the pivot point at the top, and there's a sleeved bush that the clutch master shaft passes through. Put a few drips of thick oil, such EP80/90 on it. The second pivot point is underneath and fiddly to get at, but again a few drips of thick oil. Work the pedal a few times to get the oil into the two pivot points and it should ease off quite dramatically.

If it makes no difference, then it's something more complicated, such as clutch slave starting to seize-up. The creaking you describe is usually a dry pivot point.

Les.

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Cheers for the reply.

Tried that first mate, oil, thinner oil the lot but it did'nt stop.

I got a friend to press the clutch pedal while i lay under the car and i can hear it coming from inside the bell housing.

Really dont want to split the engine and box.

Rob

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Looks like you may have to at some point. Pivot point groans and is a known problem - dry steel rubbing on dry steel will obviously come to a sorry end.

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Les.

If you replace the fork you MUST MUST replace also the rod with the round end that press the fork, if wont you will meet this gearbox down situation again & again.

Someone told me once that the 130 fork can fit also the 110 & 90, if do it is strongly recommended since it is a cast iron instead of metal sheet.

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