On 2008-05-12 20:35:33 -0500, Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> said:

> Yoda <yoda@Dagobah.net> wrote in news:2008051218501516807-yoda@Dagobahnet:
>
>> It's a 2002 base rsx. Just got it back from it's 70k service. I've got
>> an intermittent problem with the clutch pedal or cable or something
>> along the way - it makes an odd sort of scraping sound when I press it
>> in, sometimes also feeling not quite right. It comes and goes though -
>> if it's been raining, it doesn't do it for a day or so, but if it's dry
>> for a while, it gets really bad. So it rained last night, and it
>> wouldn't do it's little act for the mechanic, so nothing got fixed. Any
>> ideas?
>
>
>
> There is a TSB out on your car (04-011). It describes a "squeak, twang or
> notchy feel" at the clutch pedal. The cure is to replace the master
> cylinder.
>
> Have a helper push the clutch pedal while you hold the hydraulic line at
> both the master cylinder and slave cylinders in turn. Do you feel a
> vibration when the noise occurs, or does the noise stop when you hold the
> line? Then the TSB applies to your car.
>
> There is one more possible cause, but check this one out first.

Thanks for the info - the part about the TSB may come in handy if the
problem re-appears. It hasn't yet . They did a complete transmission
service, and topped off the clutch fluid - it had been at about halfway
bettween min and max - maybe it was something simple like that. We'll
see.
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