# Can anyone ID this part?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** noises, mazda\
**Created:** [December 15, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346 "2020-12-15T22:39:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![spannerspinner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/spannerspinner/32/8900_2.png) [@spannerspinner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spannerspinner)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346/1 "2020-12-15T22:39:54Z")

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It’s from an '07 Mazda3 manual. It seems loose and may be the origin of a clunking noise I’m searching for.

 ![20201215_143759](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/c/5c82de99b068d3a6d80858aa4071a2d7ddd9d7b9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346/2 "2020-12-15T22:52:01Z")

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That’s the clutch slave cylinder and lever.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/e/8e77f67fac4d1f4d4544b7a3a9e20ecb21ab39d8.jpeg)

Tester

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346/3 "2020-12-15T22:54:59Z")

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And it looks like the rubber boot has come loose from the transmission housing. Can you push it back in?

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**Author:** ![spannerspinner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/spannerspinner/32/8900_2.png) [@spannerspinner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spannerspinner)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346/4 "2020-12-15T23:39:21Z")

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Ok thanks. Yep I can.

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**Author:** ![spannerspinner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/spannerspinner/32/8900_2.png) [@spannerspinner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spannerspinner)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346/5 "2020-12-16T00:17:16Z")

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The cylinder should secure the bracket attached to the end of it pretty firmly, -and if it doesn’t that indicates the cylinder is faulty, or whatever the bracket is apart of is faulty?

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**Author:** ![oldnotdeadyet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a6a055/32.png) [@oldnotdeadyet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldnotdeadyet)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-part/173346/6 "2020-12-16T01:04:15Z")

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Do you get the clunking when you actuate the clutch with engine off?  
I also suggest RockAuto website because it has photos of almost all the parts it sells.