AddictedToBoost

97 Honda Civic LX

My car will make a dry bearing noise with the clutch out, when depressed it dosent make the noise..When accelerating through the gears it makes the noise until i press the clutch in to shift, when i let it out it does it again.

It does make the noise when in nuetral with the clutch out

Throw out bearing or input shaft bearing?

Does the input shaft always spin?

sw388

My money is on the throwout bearing. Typically those noise are alleviated when a clutch kit is installed (replaced bearings: Pilot bearing and throwout bearing). I have not encountered the input shaft bearing failure.

civicjunkie17

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Does it make the sound when the clutch is out in neutral?

maglites94

Im 99% positive on the inpit shaft bearing my did the same exact thing when i removed the tranny and removed the throwout bearing i turned the shaft by hand and could here and feel the bearing.

94EG8

No. It's the ISB, no question. The throwout bearing does not turn unless the clutch is depressed. Throwout bearing failure is pretty rate on a Honda.

You're about the only one then. Seriously, these things go bad all the time, I've replaced a ton of them. The only thing I will say is I had one pilot bearing go bad that showed all the symptoms of a bad ISB until I took everything apart and realized the only bad bearing was the pilot bearing.

vitamin_c95

my money is on ISB as well.

AddictedToBoost

Do you know a how to guide on pulling one of these trans apart?

Former User

Check the FAQs sticky and PM this guy:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/help-removing-isb-3030716/