Triumph Repair: 75 TR 6 clutch, clutch release, fly wheel


Question
I recently had my clutch replaced. After not driving the car for several weeks i started the car and could not get it into gear. The mech that fixed it said that the flywheel was stuck and suggested how to get it working again, which was successful. Ever since then though , when I depress the clutch there is a high pitched squeal , which he says is rust on the fly wheel. It occurs only around 1000RPM and if i rev the engine to 2000 it will go away. Any ideas what is really wrong and how to resolve this obnoxious noise?

Answer
Hi Bill,
There should not be any noise when you depress the clutch pedal. The most likely is a bad clutch release bearing. If there was rust on the flywheel when he put a clutch in it, he should have cleaned that off. Also even if that was the noise it would have stopped making noise after a short time.
Howard