[yamanx]

Okay so I am on my second throw out bearing now and about 550 miles in to the new setup it started squeaking.

About 2,000 miles ago I swapped my car over to a 5 speed. Put in a T45, Spec Aluminum flywheel, Ram HDX clutch, Maximum Motorsports firewall adjuster and clutch quadrant with an OEM cable. I had tons of trouble getting the clutch adjusted right were it would engage at the right time. Long story short I used the throw out bearing that came with the Ram clutch and it started making horrible noise about 700 miles in.

I then dropped the transmission to replace the throw out bearing that had failed. I put in a new friction plate for my flywheel, new Ram HDX clutch, new Ford Racing throw out bearing and pilot bearing, new Ford Racing clutch fork, new Ford OEM clutch fork pivot ball, and replaced my bearing retainer sleeve on my T45 with the T56 billet upgrade from Lethal Performance. After reading a million write ups and articles about clutch adjustment I thought I had mine perfect even though the throw out bearing had constant pressure. Gave it the 500 mile break in period with stop and go traffic only and never power shifting or going above 2,000 RPM. The throw out bearing started to squeak as soon as I took it out on the first highway trip cruising at 70MPH at 2500RPM at about the 600 mile mark.

I then did some more reading and found that most people have their setup were the throw out bearing is not touching the pressure plate when there is no pressure on the pedal, Jazzer, and with that they have plenty of pedal and clutch engagement where the pedal is about a 1 and half off the ground. I can not adjust mine like because when the throw out bearing is just barely away from the pressure plate the clutch does not disengage all the way. So I thought this was attributed to the clutch quadrant from MM because it does not have any adjustments like UPRs does, so I bought theirs and I am still having the same issue.

I can not adjustment my clutch were the throw out bearing is not touching the pressure plate and get proper disengagement of clutch. If I adjust the firewall adjuster were the clutch engages when the pedal is about 3/4 off the ground under power my clutch is slipping and the throw out bearing has constant pressure. What am I doing wrong here? I am at a total loss here I have never had this much trouble with a clutch setup before..is it time to invest in a hydraulic setup or would I still have the same issue with that?

[BigSmith]

Did you make sure it was balanced? a friend of mine bought an eagle talon with a fidanza clutch and flywheel and it made a retarded squeaking noise. The owner swapped it out for the stock one because it was annoying. Turns out you should double check to make sure its balanced! I couldn't see it being not balanced though... Probably a rare case.

[yamanx]

I would not think it was unbalance being as it has no vibrations to it.

[philly101]

check the cluth fork make sure its on right

[yamanx]

The clutch fork is solid and were it should be. I purchased an adjustable clutch cable to see if that will help me get it to were it needs to be. The current one I have I noticed the casing is separated from the top portion, it doesn't seem to be the problem but we will see. Should be here Friday.

[soupnutz]

I have a stock modified cable, with a steeda firewall adjuster and clutch quadrant. The adjuster instructions pretty much say to adjust to when you pull the cable at the firewall the plastic base of the cable should pull about 1/8-1/4 inch from the adjuster. Thats how I adjusted mine. The TOB sits about 1/8 inch from the pressure plate and engages about halfway down. But yeah, if your TOB is constantly riding the pressure plate its not going to last too long.