A chirping sound from the old clutch

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Lil Red GT

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• Apr 29, 2010

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Howdy all, I recently purchased an 04 GT 40th edition. I love the car. My biggest complaint is a chirping sound coming from the clutch/pedal. I went through the forums and didn't really find what I was lookin for. When I put slight pressure on the the pedal chirp goes away. Has anybody expierenced this? Any help would be great. The car has 67,000 miles on it and as far as I know has the original clutch in it. Any help would be great.

Thanks Dave.

 

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ninjastang125

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Throw out bearing?

 

BurningRubber

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That would be the throwout bearing. No fix except to replace it, which requires removal of the transmission.

However, you can generally drive on it like that for a while if you don't mind the chirping.

I've put around 35-40k on my GT with the chirping coming and going, and that includes a lot of track passes and racing.

 

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Throwout bearing

Thanks for the responses, i kinda figured that is what it was. I will just run it till it blows up!!!

 

patman0911

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Yeah, as long as it's just a chirp, you're probably fine. Once it changes from a chirp to something more ominous, don't wait long to get it fixed because TOB self-destruction is imminent.

 

1fun281

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I have a brand new clutch in my car, and had the chirping, and from what i understand its common, if you want to get rid of the noise a clutch adjuster will do the trick.