Sounds as though either your slave isn't fully bled and the air bubble is holding the bearing against the diaphragm or they didn't free up and lube the axle in there and its sticking. Hope for the former and bleed both ends of the clutch hydraulic system thouroughly. On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com> wrote: > I recently had some work done on my '89 Syncro, and the shop said the > clutch slave cylinder was leaking so they replaced it. Then they did tell > me that they had trouble getting it adjusted. > > Now it makes a medium pitched noise when the clutch is released, NOT when > depressed. In other words, when I depress the clutch pedal the noise goes > away. > > It didn't make any noise before they worked on the clutch. In yesterday's > posts from another list member, people suggested his problem was throw-out > bearing, but his made the noise when the clutch was depressed. Just the > opposite of mine. > > Any ideas? > > Anthony > '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo) > > > > >
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