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I'm trying to chase down an annoying squeak in my clutch pedal area. I was originally thinking it was a pedal bushing, but it only makes the noise when the clutch is engaged, not disengaged. It actually sounds more like a loud chirp than a squeak. What should I be checking to isolate the problem?

[This message has been edited by Scott574 (edited 11-17-2015).]

quote Originally posted by Scott574: I was originally thinking it was a pedal bushing, but it only makes the noise when the clutch is engaged, not disengaged.

I don't think it's necessarily unusual that the squeak would be worse when you're stepping on the clutch pedal as opposed to releasing it. On one of my Fieros, I had to take the clutch pedal assembly apart to lubricate the nylon bushings because of a squeak. PIA, but the situation was resolved. It's possible you could spray something in there that would help without disassembling everything.

quote Originally posted by Patrick: I don't think it's necessarily unusual that the squeak would be worse when you're stepping on the clutch pedal as opposed to releasing it. On one of my Fieros, I had to take the clutch pedal assembly apart to lubricate the nylon bushings because of a squeak. PIA, but the situation was resolved. It's possible you could spray something in there that would help without disassembling everything.

It only chirps when I release the pedal, nothing when I step on it.

quote Originally posted by Scott574: It only chirps when I release the pedal, nothing when I step on it.

Well, in that case it's low muffler juice.

The banjo to the clutch pedal is steel on steel on the early Fiero's. Later Fiero's had a smaller pin on the clutch pedal and a black plastic bushing in the banjo. That is probably where the squeak is coming from. Take the banjo off the clutch pedal and put some grease on them.

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Scott check the pedal and see if the steel "U" part is bent ,I've never seen a Fiero that did not have some amount of bend on that part of the clutch pedal. The misalignment will also make the pin bushing squeak.

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