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After my big drive yesterday, I took the car out of 4x4 and now everytime I push the clutch in it clicks Does anyone know what it could be? I have got in under the steering wheel and had a bit of a squiz but nothing
Can you pinpoint where the click is coming from? - under the car or in the footwell. The return spring for the clutch lever in the footwell might be the cause. Do you have a cable or hydraulic clutch? Hydraulic clutch will have a small resevoir as well as the brake fluid resevoir in the engine bay.
I would say, without looking at it, it could be the connection of the cable to the clutch fork mechanism being affected by water / mud (thats good). The other possibility is you got water and muck into the clutch plate and its making the bearing 'dirty'. (thats bad).
I had exactly the same thing for ages, after a drive where i was in a fair bit of water for a while and I think it washed out all the lubricant in the clutch.
I lubed every bit i could access both inside the cabin and out, but in the end I am pretty sure the the noise was from the swingarm that is on the side of the gearbox bellhousing and I couldnt get into it...
I put up with it for about six months and then it went away. Maybe something finally broke off...
The best way to reposition your rear bumper is to rip it off and make a new one because its only going to be a matter of time before you twist it and snap all the mounts as i did.