E120 Squeaky clutch pedal

[dozzah]

Hi folks,

I bought a 2005 Corolla a few months back and for the last few weeks the clutch pedal has been driving me mad. It's making an intermittent, metallic squeak when compressing and releasing the pedal. Have gone in there and had a good look for obvious signs of wear and sprayed some lithium grease on the joints and the master cylinder shaft, but no luck. This morning I noticed a rubber bushing of some sorts laying in the footwell (pics attached).

The plan is to pull the entire assembly out and have a look at it more closely, but does anyone have any idea of what I should expect/try? Would it be possible to source replacement bushes or should I be looking for a replacement assembly instead?

[gezhenry]

Have you sprayed grease into the clutch slave cylinder under the rubber boot first that's often the culprit of the squeak?

[dozzah]

I have not! Was cautious of getting fluid leaking out. Will give it a go, thanks

[oldcodger]

Usually spraying the master cyliner pushrod as you have done cures the problem, though it can take a day or two of use to work its way in and the squeak to go all together. 

Dont recognise that rubber boot from when we were under the dash lubricating the pedal assembly, possibly something from high up in the dash that you might have rubbed against ?

Sometimes carefully spraying where the slave cylinder pushrod mates with the clutch folk can cure such squeak as well as what @gezhenry suggests.

 

[dozzah]

I previously used the WD40 spray lithium grease and it did seem quite runny. The squeak came back after a few hours of driving. Might try some thicker multi-purpose grease instead when I get round to it again

[oldcodger]

The master cylnder area you are spraying probably has rubber parts which standard grease may affect,  worth trying Red Rubber Grease , usually available in small sachets from good auto shops.