Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #223

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Berck,
Glad you enjoyed your trip!


--- "Berck E. Nash" <berck@mindless.com> wrote:

> That, and my squeaky brakes, when I'm not applying
> the brakes.  I'm
> scared of playing with the brakes.  I'll have them
> looked at when I get the
> tires rotated/balanced and an alignment job.  

Brakes are soooo easy, especially on the Miata. 
Squeaky when not braking = the pad squealers are
contacting the rotors = need new pads ASAP.  The job
is really at least as easy as changing the oil.  The
Haynes manual has good instructions, as does
miata.net.  Probably a good time to flush the fluid
also.

> And
> I'm not sure about my clutch
> salve cylinder.  The clutch pedal has been feeling a
> bit funny lately, and the
> clutch resivoir has dropped an itty bitty amount. 
> If I knew where the heck the
> slave cylinder was, I'd probably just replace it.  I
> ought to at least bleed
> the clutch, I would guess, but the funny clutch
> feeling went away.  It was
> barely noticable and felt like somone had poured
> coke on the pedal mechanism,
> and let it dry.  It felt stick.  Not that it stuck
> at all, it just felt sticky.
>  Hard to describe.  

I'm not sure about your "sticky" clutch pedal, but the
slave cylinder is located on the right side of the
transmission.  If you look straight across the car
inside the back of the right front wheel well, you'll
see it.  Look on miata.net's garage for pictures of it
off the car - it'll make it easy to recognize.  I
flushed the fluid the first week I had mine, and was
able to do it without removing the wheel, but I have
long arms.  You should at least be able to get your
hand up there and feel for leaks - if you feel or see
any, replace that sucker.

Scott
'96 Montego Blue 
B Stock #4, Western New York region
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