So some of you might know about my clicking clutch on my car; I've mentioned it multiple times. Well I took it to the dealership a couple months back and they replaced the whole clutch assembly, which I was extremely happy with due to my other dealership telling me they wouldn't. So for a few weeks it was quiet, like a normal clutch in every other manual car I've driven sounds like. But unfortunately the sound came back. So I made another appointment to drop it off last week.
I drop it off and that same day get a call from them saying the techs say it's a characteristic of the part and there's nothing they can do. So I'm mad, ha. So I go onto the internet, which I probably should have done before, and see if anybody else has had this problem. Come to find out it's a very common thing for this car, which is crazy to me. I don't know how Ford, knowing the problem exist in multiple cars, doesn't replace it? I mean they obviously have other manual cars that don't click so why not use those parts?
So to the point of the thread, I'm going to try and remedy the problem myself. I've seen people on other forums use some sort of spray lube to fix the problem. My question to the car guys on here, is which one of these would work best, you think?
http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Wrench-L616-Lithium-Grease/dp/B00200EFJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436578526&sr=8-1&keywords=liquid+wrench+white
http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Wrench-L512-Lubricant-CERFLON/dp/B000CPJLE4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1436578465&sr=8-3&keywords=liquid+wrench
And just for reference, I've made a quick video. It's more for audio purposes than visual, obviously. The first couple seconds are the first click my car has while engaging, then the next couple of clicks are further down in the engagement, closer to the floor.
[video=youtube;7Z1wJgHqKz4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z1wJgHqKz4[/video]
It's annoying as hell to drive in traffic in the city and have to hear these "clickings" every single time I go to shift gears. And I don't think the whole "put your window down, turn the music up" to not hear the clicks suffices as a resolution for this problem. This should be taken care of Ford. This shouldn't be a something you take to a dealership only to hear them say, "You'll have to live with it. Sorry. It's just how the car is suppose to sound." That's bullshit if you ask me.
I drop it off and that same day get a call from them saying the techs say it's a characteristic of the part and there's nothing they can do. So I'm mad, ha. So I go onto the internet, which I probably should have done before, and see if anybody else has had this problem. Come to find out it's a very common thing for this car, which is crazy to me. I don't know how Ford, knowing the problem exist in multiple cars, doesn't replace it? I mean they obviously have other manual cars that don't click so why not use those parts?
So to the point of the thread, I'm going to try and remedy the problem myself. I've seen people on other forums use some sort of spray lube to fix the problem. My question to the car guys on here, is which one of these would work best, you think?
http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Wrench-L616-Lithium-Grease/dp/B00200EFJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436578526&sr=8-1&keywords=liquid+wrench+white
http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Wrench-L512-Lubricant-CERFLON/dp/B000CPJLE4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1436578465&sr=8-3&keywords=liquid+wrench
And just for reference, I've made a quick video. It's more for audio purposes than visual, obviously. The first couple seconds are the first click my car has while engaging, then the next couple of clicks are further down in the engagement, closer to the floor.
[video=youtube;7Z1wJgHqKz4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z1wJgHqKz4[/video]
It's annoying as hell to drive in traffic in the city and have to hear these "clickings" every single time I go to shift gears. And I don't think the whole "put your window down, turn the music up" to not hear the clicks suffices as a resolution for this problem. This should be taken care of Ford. This shouldn't be a something you take to a dealership only to hear them say, "You'll have to live with it. Sorry. It's just how the car is suppose to sound." That's bullshit if you ask me.