Sunday, 23 June 2013

Clutch Pedal Lubrication

The clutch pedal on the Defender is quite heavy and it emits an annoying squeak on each press or release. To investigate the problem the spring on the pedal was removed to see if this was contributing to the problem.


 
This had no effect on the stiffness or the squeak, so the investigation moved to under the bonnet. To access the top of  the clutch pedal there is a small plate on the pedal box is located with 6 screws. 
 

 
Removing these screws reveals the master cylinder push-rod:

 
The full clutch pedal assembly diagram from the workshop manual is shown here: 


The application of some 3-in-One oil to the push rod attachement point (labelled 2 in the above picture) completely removed the squeak and greatly reduced the stiffness of the clutch pedal.





4 comments:

  1. This is gold information? i'll be sorting this problem out tomorrow.

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  2. I don't find this 6-screws box on my 90/2012 Lefthand drive.
    Can anybody sent a picture ?
    Txs

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  3. yankee mike se hai la guida a sx la scatola si trova dentro cofano in corrispondenza del pedale della frizione!
    ciao!

    yankee mike if you have the drive on the left the box is inside the hood at the clutch pedal!
    Hello!

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