clutch pedal noise (detailed description inside)

[TurDz]

I've developed a clutch noise since last Fall when I bought the car.

Over the last few weeks, I've noticed that whether the car is warm or cold, the clutch makes a very faint "ticking" noise through the length of the motion of depressing the clutch. It sounds like turning one of those "wind-up" toys.

After the car is warm and I've been driving in the city for a while, the clutch makes a spring-like noise as I depress it. There is a specific point where it just "clicks," and I can also slightly feel it through my foot. It seems to get slightly worse the more I'm depressing/releasing the clutch. The best word to describe this is an instant "creak" of a metal spring.

anyone know what it is? I've done some searching and I'm thinking it could be the throwout bearing or simply a plastic bushing around the spring mechanism. I'm asking because I want to spend as LITTLE money as possibel fixing this.

thanks for any help!

[TurDz]

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[Naro182]

i had a creaking problem with my clutch pedal. if you look at the pedal, put your head on the floor, theres a spring up top attached to the pedal. sparyed some wd40 on that, havent had any problems since...

[TurDz]

yeah, I've tried that, and it was only a temporary fix. Lasted for a while, but still temporary.

[240Knightrider]

hey mine sticks sometimes will wd-40 fix that

[LiU]

i had a creaking problem with my clutch pedal. if you look at the pedal, put your head on the floor, theres a spring up top attached to the pedal. sparyed some wd40 on that, havent had any problems since...

ditto... excpet it came back like x months later and I sprayed wd40 on it again and it's fine again.

[240Knightrider]

WD40 is a great tool