My car was doing the same thing. The dealer replaced the slave cylinder and
every thing was okay for about a week when the noise came back. The next
time they replaced the slave cylinder again, the clutch, pressure plate,
through out bearing and resurfaced the flywheel. Every things been good so
far but I just got the car back on Monday. I think if you get it fixed you
will be surprised how much more smooth your clutch feels

At 06:57 PM 7/31/98 EDT, LaneAdvaol wrote:
>Mine does too.
>
>when it's hot (engine and outside temperature)  it's fine (no creaking) when
>either or both those conditions are 'cool'
>
>It is *not* the clutch pedal or the pivots/linkage etc. inside the passenger
>compartment.
>
>The noise comes from the engine compartment.  I stopped at the dealer, and
>demonstrated it for the service guy.  He said it was probably the slave
>cylinder (it's a hydraulic system, not cable actuated) and as long as the
>clutch itself engages smoothly (no chattering, etc.) not to worry about it at
>this stage.  Yes, it will probably need a new slave cylinder which he thought
>was about a $200 part, but I wasn't hurting anything or making the future
>repair worse, as long as the clutch was operating smoothly.
>
>I'm going to have it looked at more thoroughly at the next major service, this
>fall.
>
>Jon Lane
>96 GTIVR6 - Frankenbilstein
>57 Sunroof Sedan  - The guy with the '54, send me an e-mail ..I'm not the only
>crazy vintage air/modern water dual owner...  
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chris richwine wrote:
> 
> Yep i have it and it really pisses me off....
> Don't confuse this symptom with the squeeky over center spring on the
> clutch pedal itself,
> the creaking on mine occurs in the engine compartment - 

I have the same problem.  It appeared first at around 20k, dealer fixed
it, now it's back again at 48k.  What ya gotta do is remove the slave
cylinder (2 bolts I think) down near the tranny and lube the push rod
connected to it. The dealer won't do it for free this time, so I'll be
trying to figure it out too.  Good luck!

-Mike
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Got mine looked at by the dealer, and the mechanic told me that the
wear pattern on my pressure is what's causing the creaking sound. I had always
thought that the clutch return spring is what's causing the noise.

The verdict was that there really isn't anything that can be done about the
noise but to live with it . . . unless i wanna fork out the $$$ to get a
clutch replacement. And since we're on this topic . . .has anyone gotten a
complete clutch job with aftermarket parts from . . . Sachs, maybe? How does
it perform in comparison with the stock clutch. Does it increase the clutch
pedal pressure (something i really wnat).

Thanks.

Chun


On Fri, 31 Jul 1998 TFrangellaAOL wrote:

> Does anyone else have a creaky clutch?  It seems to come and go, but I hear it
> most of the time.  Whenever I depress or release it I can hear it.  Any help
> is appreciated.
> 
> Tory Frangella
> 97 gtivr6
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afternoon all,

Quick question:  should the clutch hydraulic system be bled when bleeding
the brake hydraulic system since they both share the same 
fluid reservoir and i think they both share the same master cylinder with
each having its own slave cylinder ?
I'm trying to figure out why my clutch is creaking (in the engine bay when
hot) and it seemed to have occured at around the same time i had the brake
fluid changed at the dealer....

thanks much....

*chris
*97 golf vr6
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