New TOB is noisy?!?

[Cat Daddy]

Me and a friend recently converted my 04 BL Liberty from a dualmass fly wheel to a single mass with a new clutch kit and bearings etc. About a week later the throw out bearing has started making a squeeling noise which is louder than the previous throw out bearing. Can someone help? I thought they are pre packed with grease inside and didn't require any but we might have been wrong...

[Cat Daddy]

Anybody? Could it be a bearing in the gearbox? As soon as I put my foot down on the clutch 10mm the noise goes away so I was thinking it's the throw out.

[BillyCorgi]

I have used two Exedy kits with no noise issues?

One was a Single Mass Flywheel conversion on an MY02 Outback and the other was a clutch kit for an MY09 Flex-Flywheel clutch.
Both kits were for 2.5 N/A engines with push type throw out bearings.
As I said, no issues were experienced.

There is a spring inside the slave cylinder in the 5MT Non-Turbo models which keeps the slave cylinder extended and keeps the throw out bearing lightly in contact with the fingers of the diaphragm spring.
The throw out bearings are pre-lubricated, and the Exedy kit contains a small tube of pink grease to apply on the splines of the gearbox input shaft.

[Cat Daddy]

Yeah we applied grease to the needed areas and my kit wasn't a exceedy conversion I'll have to double check what it was again. I think it's the pin on the slave not applying enough pressure to keep the fork just sitting on the TOB. How would you get the pin sitting right? Would I need a new slave or can you mess around with the old one?

[Cat Daddy]

So it seems no make that noise in between where the slave pin contacts the fork. Maybe all I can do is put lithium grease between the pin and fork. There doesn't seem to be any form of adjustment for the slave pin or fork.

[Cat Daddy]

Greased the pivot point on the fork and the noise is gone.

[BillyCorgi]

Question?
Didn't you apply grease to the pivot ball and to the slave cylinder rod while you were changing the clutch?

[gyroo]

Is there a spring between the slave and the fork to keep pressure on the slave pin? I don't know your model, but I have seen people leave a spring off there and it can be noisy

Like I said, I don't know if your model has one or not... but worth looking into