Tdci clutch pedal squeak

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Puma Fix - Squeaky clutch and heavy clutch pedal - 4x4 Community Forum

This is where I got all the info from, you'll have to excuse all the nipple jokes later in the thread.
As Metalmachine stated you don't really have to remove the box itself, probably a bit of overkill, as most of the assembly can be accessed from above by removing the top plate. It just saves you having to remove the master cylinder and the subsequent bleeding of the system. Samblers it seems simple, but access is a pain, especially the three bolts alongside the steering column, and for some unfathomable reason I had a pig of a time lifting the box out through the bulkhead, just couldn't get it at the right angle to get the pedal through cleanly.

I used the pictures from the Landrover Parts Catalog Landrover Parts Catalog as a guide.

The only reason I removed my pedal box was it was so full a crap where previous attempts by the dealers had failed to sort the issue. So I just wanted a clean slate to start over. It doesn't fix the squeak completely, but it's nowhere near as bad as before the mod, and a couple of pumps of grease once in awhile keeps it pretty silent.
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Great info, thanks :BigThumb:

I have a squeak too but can not hear it most of the time between crunching gears and tractor sounding Puma engine.

Well. I wish I hadn't read this post yesterday. All day all I could hear was 2 x squeaking pillars and clutch pedal. Bugger.

Right now to read how to eliminate.

Any point asking LR to do something ( have a few months warranty left)?

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Originally Posted by Drover Dave

I did this mod several months ago myself but with no real success. Last month I took the top off the clutch pedal box and lubed all moving parts with light oil and then 'over' sprayed with penatrating oil, reassembled and added a couple pumps of grease through the grease nipple.... 'Touch wood' all good so far.

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I had the squeak and I did similar.. problem solved.. I have to do it once per year now to keep it squeak free.

Mines creaking again. I'm ready to drive it off a cliff.

It's a trivial problem but it's like Chinese water torture... highly irritating after a long days driving.

I'm convinced it's rotating parts of the spring, not the shaft/bush in the pedal box. I'm on my second spring. I wonder if LR replaced the spring bushes or wether these are available to replace?

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Originally Posted by Samblers

I wonder if LR replaced the spring bushes or wether these are available to replace?

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Just done a quick search, spring bush x2: part no. DCP3212L $15.40 (number 5 on below attachment)
pin bush x1 ( you need 2): part no. 272714 $22.00 (number 6 on same attachment)

The prices are off Roverparts, not had a chance to call my usual supplier to compare yet. But will try tomorrow if I remember.

It wouldn't surprise me if all these lubricants being sprayed into the pedal box are actually accelerating the wear of these bushes, especially if WD40 or something similar is being used. I tend to use Inox Lanox, it's kinder to rubber etc. Plus I only sprayed it on the spring whilst I had the box out.

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Many thanks for that.

LR replaced my 'pedal box' ... i wonder what that consists of, i.e. wether than included new bushings or shaft? They did it under warranty so i didnt get a part number or details.

In any case i'll have to disassemble the whole thing and inspect/clean

Cheers, Sam

A thought - surely this grease nipple mod only allows lubrication of one of the pivot bushes, not both

Don't worry Samblers I'm on a trip up through Qld at the moment, the bloody thing starting squeaking 2 days before I left. I stayed in Maroochydoe for a few days and bought a nipple, mini grease gun, picks etc to get the silicone plug out........yep the ****er still squeaks. I've used lanox on the spring, the plastic bushes where the spring ends go, everything, but after driving for a couple of hours each day it starts to squeak again.

It's weird that the squeak won't happen when stationary, only when actually driving and in the process of changing gear, even when it does it if you try and trick it and push the clutch in the second time it won't happen.......it's driving me nuts...........