I own a Panda 1.1 eco 2009 with 40,000 on the clock, the car drives perfectly, but i have an annoying squeaky clutch pedal when the engine is warm, i have checked under the pedal and greased it, but the noise is coming from where it enters the clutch housing, the lever, i have been told that it could be a nylon bush that needs replacing, the clutch itself works normally, the squeak is simply annoying. could anyone point me to the part i need so i can order one, thanks.

https://www.fiatforum.com/500/454270-clutch-squeak.html


If you are lucky


Unfortunately post 6 is more likely

Hi, i had same problem on panda dynamique 07. I to greased every thing as you have..However lifted the bonnet, had Son listen above gear box, there it was, it was the external slave cylinder whilst i operated the pedal. £23 eurocarparts or shop4parts sister company. Remove battery and tray you can access the part. Took me just over a hour snail pace..Was informed on average these last approx 40k..Hope this helps..

koalar said:

https://www.fiatforum.com/500/454270-clutch-squeak.html


If you are lucky


Unfortunately post 6 is more likely

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I am away on holiday next week, (flying not driving) i will have another crawl under it when i get back, as you say, post 6 looks likely, bugger! if that is the case then i will let my local trusted garage have a look. thanks for the replies.

Fingers crossed it just the slave cylinder.


If you take it off its worth cleaning the earth point as it's right under the slave cylinder

Just thought I would give an update!
The squeak is no more, its been fixed, it needed a new clutch slave cylinder, job done.
thanks all.

Mine does the exact same at the moment, also a 2009 1.1 Eco with 40k miles.

Did you fix it yourself? Or a garage, if so how much did it cost if you dont mind me asking?

Cheers

I did not have the time to fix it myself so took it to a garage that i know and trust, total cost £80.

It's not a hard job. Taking out the battery box to gain access will take longer than changing the slave cylinder.

To anyone else seeing this, if the pedal action is not totally smooth and even pedal pressure all the way down, you may well be needing a new clutch. The pedal travel REDUCES when the clutch is worn out which confused me for a while when my last Fiat needed a new clutch.

Stavros2 said:

I did not have the time to fix it myself so took it to a garage that i know and trust, total cost £80.

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Did you find that it made your clutch hard? Mines really heavy now, ever since the squeak has started.. cheers

No, clutch pedal was not hard, when the engine warmed up it started to squeak, when i was sat in traffic and letting out the clutch it squeaked, i could move the pedal up and down and make it squeak, the clutch worked well, but it was annoying, what happens is the slave cylinder warms up when the engine is hot, this makes it worse. it is perfect now, back to normal.

Ah right, I’ll have to get someone to have a look as mines solid. Cheers for that

Thanks for this post - I have the same annoying squeak. Slightly annoying as I had the battery tray out for the thermostat a few weeks ago ?*

JamesT720 said:

Ah right, I’ll have to get someone to have a look as mines solid. Cheers for that

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Hard clutch pedal - feels like you are bending metal if you push it enough to find any gears - usually means the clutch has worn out. However, the hydraulics rarely last much longer than the clutch so you could change the master and slave cylinders anyway. With normal clutch use, they will be near end of life so its not a waste to do it a bit early.

My wife's 1.2 60 has a squeak from the clutch. I suspect it's the clutch itself or the release lever pivot. But it needs a new master and slave so we will soon find out of that fixes the squeak. Master is sucking air causing pedal to drop. Slave has a rusted up bleed screw. I made a replacement but it's clearly ready for a new one.

Don't know if anyone else shares my experience of the LUK brand slave cylinder that Eurocarparts sell. The bleed nipple on it is plastic, poorly shaped, very hard to put a bleed tube on it properly, and very easy to damage. I'd go for a different brand slave cylinder if possible. Maybe even a genuine one.

My 100HP and my wife's 1.2 both had original clutch. Both had the same hex socket slave cylinder bleed nipple. The 100HP was fine but 1.2 was badly chewed. Some gorilla probably used the wrong size Allen key and corrosion did the rest.

When you fit a new slave cylinder, put a dab of grease into the bleed nipple hex socket. Its easy to clean out and stops any corrosion.

I used to same cylinder from Europarts, the Luk one. Went on very easily and was able to bleed no problem. As it was prefilled it did not take much bleeding. Took 60 mins to change. I managed to keep the original pipe on. Was a little stuck but with a little gentle persuasion it came out.

For the 100HP, I managed to get a master with prefilled line for £75. It simply plugged into the slave and job done. No bleeding needed.

The 1.2 now needs doing but I'm not paying £150 for a cylinder attached to a bit of cheapo plastic pipe. I got a cylinder only from Buy Car Parts for £45 and will be fitting it next w/e.

My 2010 Active Eco with just over 30k on it has had this squeak on and off for the past 10k, clutch doesn't feel the smoothest going up and down but it still works, guess I'll grease all the linkages I can see, and then if that doesn't fix it, hope it's the slave cylinder

My wife's clutch complete with new master cylinder with cleaned and red greased slave still squeaks. That leaves the clutch itself or the operating arm. It's mildly annoying but will wait until it needs a new clutch.