Thread: Tdci clutch pedal squeak

I get the feeling you and I are both a bit over LR quirks.

Yes Pete every brand has issues, and I have love hate days. Just seem to meet a lot of Land Rover owners who have lots of dumb issues, and Jap owners who have few. Mine's going ok but with 150K on it it still out performs my mates Jap cars on stupid things. Not sure why I though hand built was good thing at the time. Robots don't care about the weather, hang overs, martial issues, the boss, what pay they are on, or what day of the week it is. But I also think cost of componentry and where it's made plays a big role. Car manufactures would be no different to most big players in business, want to sell the cheapest made product for the most money, and let perception do most the value adding. TDCI P38 diffs are one example. Trouble with LR even though the service side is good, HO are arrogant. The clutch squeak is not just a TDCI thing, it's been around since Tdi. But would HQ look at a re design, maybe dust proofing it a bit. And the list is long with Defender. Bu Na we got it right first time chaps. I guess that's why Defender is extinct.

Originally Posted by newhue

Yes Pete every brand has issues, and I have love hate days. Just seem to meet a lot of Land Rover owners who have lots of dumb issues, and Jap owners who have few. Mine's going ok but with 150K on it it still out performs my mates Jap cars on stupid things. Not sure why I though hand built was good thing at the time. Robots don't care about the weather, hang overs, martial issues, the boss, what pay they are on, or what day of the week it is. But I also think cost of componentry and where it's made plays a big role. Car manufactures would be no different to most big players in business, want to sell the cheapest made product for the most money, and let perception do most the value adding. TDCI P38 diffs are one example. Trouble with LR even though the service side is good, HO are arrogant. The clutch squeak is not just a TDCI thing, it's been around since Tdi. But would HQ look at a re design, maybe dust proofing it a bit. And the list is long with Defender. Bu Na we got it right first time chaps. I guess that's why Defender is extinct.

I have been driving a POS Hi-lux for 18 months, never lifted the bonnet or needed the tool bag........just brought a defender and the tools come out twice in the first week

Originally Posted by weeds

I have been driving a POS Hi-lux for 18 months, never lifted the bonnet or needed the tool bag........just brought a defender and the tools come out twice in the first week

I agree with you, I had a hilux SR5 for a few years and apart from service and normal wear and tear didn't have to fix anything else. I guess the japs have better manufacturing process than europeans and US, end of story.

I also had an Xtrail for 8 years and believe or not there were absolutely no issues at all during the 8 years.

I am keeping the Defender because my son wants it and I will be buying another Jap soon.

Weeds you make me laugh. I guess we can drink a lot of beer supporting each orher as we stare hoplessly into the engine bay. First week hey. Just think of the fun masked behind "soul" that awaits you. I lost mine on day 2 for several weeks to LR. Twas a strange but predictable intoduction to defender ownership. Your clutch squeak?

My fix for the clutch pedal squeak has now lasted for 18 months. The way I see it is that the grease pumped into the grease nipple finds the easiest course through the components and oozes out. Because of the spring tension in the pedal assembly, the hollow shaft passing through the two bushes at the side of the pedal box is also under pressure and doesn't allow the grease to fully penetrate and lubricate the entire surface of the shaft. As I stated in my post last year, I removed the cover plate and simply wedged a fine-bladed screw driver behind the bush on the opposite side from the grease nipple, applied sufficient pressure to get a good seal between the components so that the grease didn't ooze straight out and instead penetrated and filled the void between the shaft and the bushes. Hope this is helpful to those who have battled with this recurring issue.

A defender clutch pedal is supposed to squeak or creak, I'd get it looked at if it didn't. Pretty sure they had a squeak tuner on the production line making sure they went out sounding right. Have the full defender orchestra playing and enjoy.