June 9, 201114 yr Whenever I am sitting in my car with the clutch out I can hear a loud high pitched chirp coming from the engine. It goes away when I press the clutch down even an inch. I looked it up online and some said the problem was simply that the clutch was too loose and that if I tightened it a bit the noise should go away. I am pretty much a novice when it comes to cars but I found the source of the noise yesterday when replacing my KO sensor and was wondering if anyone could identify it. Link. When I pushed on this to stop it vibrating the chirp stopped.
June 9, 201114 yr yr & model please?? different yrs and models have slight differences in clutch setup
June 9, 201114 yr it'll also depend on if it's just a vibration issue - something shaking/moving, or if it's an actual rhythmic bearing like sound. does it go away just by "holding" that part or by actually pushing on it? holding it just keeps it from vibrating, pushing on it actually changes the load to other parts and means something different.
June 9, 201114 yr Author Sorry, I have a 99 legacy outback. The sound goes away when I apply pressure to the flat metal piece on the top surrounding the metal cylinder. Edit: Pressure at 90 degrees to the cylinder so I am pushing the flat piece against the cylinder. Edited June 9, 201114 yr by nyorkster Clarifying
June 9, 201114 yr that's the clutch fork (i think i'm seeing that in the pic). it's either vibrating against the slave cylinder or a clutch throw out bearing is out of grease. one is benign the other means an imminent clutch job.
June 9, 201114 yr Is there a way to tell which one it is? Tear it apart, remove engine or trans. Usually the folk cracks too far down to see from the outside. Just do the clutch job and source a clutch foltk just incase. It is amazing how many forks crack on Subaru's. ALso don't forget to ge tthe TO earing retaining clips at the dealer. I have seen them cause this problem after they break.
June 9, 201114 yr Anyway you look at it you're gonna have to yanh the engine (what I do) or trans. Carefully inspect the clutch fork, or just buy a new one. Definately the little TO bearing clips(2). After you get it apart you can think abotu TP bearing and such.
June 9, 201114 yr when this happened on my 01 it required a sleeve kit to fix not a clutch fork not a throw out bearing. Just relaying my personal experience i had a chirping/chattering when the clutch was not depressed. replaced tobearing. noise remained replaced tobearing again noise remained this is what solved it: http://www.smart-service.com/store-tranquil-sleeve-kit.html
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