squealing clutch??

[M T]

So after a few puddles and hill climbs on Tuesday, my Jeep started to make a loud squealing sound while driving on the trails.  It sounded just like a drive belt, but it wasn't.  Instead, the noise instantly stopped as soon as I started to push my clutch pedal in.  Then I would let the pedal out and the squealing would start again?  I believe I have a noisy throw-out bearing at the best of times, but I want to know what this sound is and what I should do?  The squealing only happened twice while we were out on Tuesday and lasted for abot 5 minutes each time.

[JENSSEN]

Sounds like a diiiirty throw-out bearing.

[M T]

And how serious is this?  And the remedy??

[Evil-Jeep]

Did you remove the drive belt and test for noise..... I had a bit of oil on mine, and it would only squeal when wet, but would stop at low RPM and when I was shifting gears. before you get into more costly repairs, take 2mins pull of the belt and see if you can get the same squeal.

Hmmm, Wet and squealing.....

[JENSSEN]

Pull the inspection cover and give it a quick shot of white lithium, worked on my turbocoupes