"Dana H. Myers" > wrote:

>Prometheus7 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a 2002 Miata, 35,000 miles. There's a constant chirp when my clutch
>> is all the way let out (my foot off it). If I push in just barely, not
>> enough to really disengage anything, it stops. The chirp occurs whether I'm
>> in or out gear. I can hear it when I pass by a building and hear the echo
>> back to me. Is this just an adjustment? Something I can do (a novice)?
>
>I've got an '02 Miata SE, too, 32k miles. I'm getting a clutch chirp,
>but it's only in 2nd gear and only when I really quickly shift from first
>to second gear while accelerating rapidly, like 3/4 to full throttle. It's
>odd that it's coming from the clutch because it really seems to come from the
>rear of the car, but it's only when I'm letting the clutch out so it must
>be some kind of clutch chirp.

Does not seem necessary to me. When you are letting the clutch out,
you are also reapplying driving forces to the drive train. Something
else might conceivably chirp when a lot of thrust force is applied
while the part in question is already moving at significant rotational
speed. Uncounted possibilities from broken spot welds to LSD (car or
driver) come to mind.

>Lenny suggests a lubrication point, but that hasn't helped. The chirp
>got worse, by quite a bit, after I installed a Sebring-type supercharger
>kit at 13k miles.

I would suggest a volume level knob.

Leon

>It's really quite bewildering.
>
>Dana
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