Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
Calling manual D3 owners
I know my profile says D4 but I believe I'm asking the right people
The clutch peddle on my D4 squeaks when I press it down and it's getting worse ..... it doesn't do it when you let the peddle back up.
I've tried my best to apply WD40 to the peddle, it's not very accessible, but it's made no difference
The car is booked in for the towbar recall in December and if necessary I'll get it looked at but wondered if anybody here had any experience/suggestions as it bl@@dy annoying.Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
Member of Wessex4x4Response, (Bristol team)
10th Nov 2015 5:19 pm
ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Dover
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Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
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I'm now joining the queue to get an answer for this....mine started doing it last week and now getting louder....
Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
10th Nov 2015 5:25 pm
RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
Thanks for that, maybe I'll have to get the 3in1 oil out and get stuck in Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
Member of Wessex4x4Response, (Bristol team)
10th Nov 2015 5:39 pm
Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 6528
Mines okay,( kiss of death, bet it starts squeaking soon )
But only done 84k miles
You sure it's not SWMBO's earrings like the old vw advert??? D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
D2 02 commercial silver gone but a great servant and won't be forgotten
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10th Nov 2015 5:45 pm
omg!
Member Since: 01 Jun 2011
Location: Fife
Posts: 569
Turning the volume up on the radio sorted mine!
Seriously though, I squirted GT85 in there using the straw as best I could to direct the spray and it solved it.
10th Nov 2015 7:33 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Great stuff that GT85, I use it for loads of things
10th Nov 2015 7:36 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9405
Just popped out to drop the youngest at Scouts and no more noise?
Has somebody been out and fixed for me without saying anything?Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
10th Nov 2015 8:33 pm
omg!
Member Since: 01 Jun 2011
Location: Fife
Posts: 569
WD40 has probably worked its way through to the squeak.
10th Nov 2015 9:03 pm
rickb24
Member Since: 25 Feb 2015
Location: west yorkshire
Posts: 82
thank god for that, I thought it was just mine seriously though, got our D3 in January and it squeaked, then it disappeared, but it's just come back this last couple of weeks or so. I wondered if it was because may be we've got the heater blasting away now and it's made some rubber part stiffer (now now, come on, we're all grown ups) causing it to squeak, all through the summer it's been fine. just a thought.
10th Nov 2015 9:45 pm
DDDad
Member Since: 10 Jan 2015
Location: Angus
Posts: 1201
I find lithium grease spray works best for this kind of squeak. It gets into the joint as a liquid but then solidifies and stays put, long term. Went for a job as a human cannonball. Not the right calibre.
10th Nov 2015 11:08 pm
ruben D3 Decade
Member Since: 26 Sep 2006
Location: ASTURIAS
Posts: 2411
It may be that the clutch support is starting to break down, it is not very common failure but there have been some cases. Disassembly for repair by welding is not complicated. Substitution of a complete set is expensive, about 400 €, because LR does not sell stand isolated. I hope some photos, in the Spanish DISCOVERY forum, can help you to see if you are in this case:
... these links, sorry because they are in Spanish, you will have to use a translator...or not
Cheers lost in translation!
DISCOVERY 3 SE man. TDV6 2006, my true love!
DEFENDER 2 SE D I6 MHEV 2024, other live.
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19th Nov 2015 11:48 am
tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
Posts: 4286
Are you sure it's not your knee/ hip? A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
19th Nov 2015 12:16 pm
RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
I have just spent the last hour upside down in the drivers footwell of my car, I can tell you it's not a fun experience
However I cannot see any cracks & the PTFE silicon spray seems to have done the trick as I now have a silent clutch pedal.
It's a bu**er to get to so if the need arises I recommend training a small child in the use of aerosol cans and sending them into do the job ..... unless of course it is your hip/knee, a small child won't help in that case.
...... I'm the safeguarding officer for my other car club, I think I might just have been fired Nick
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seriously though, got our D3 in January and it squeaked, then it disappeared, but it's just come back this last couple of weeks or so. I wondered if it was because may be we've got the heater blasting away now and it's made some rubber part stiffer (now now, come on, we're all grown ups) causing it to squeak, all through the summer it's been fine. just a thought.
