Been a while since I posted. anyway. We recently installed a Centerforce Dual Friction. Im not sure how long its been doing it but the clutch makes a pinging/chirping noise much like a cricket.

If you push the cluch in about 1-2 inches not even enough to disengage the tranny the noise will stop. I can hear it while Im driving and it sounds faster with engine speed. Could this be my throwout bearing, pilot bearing or what? I am severley annoyed by the sound and the fact that my wifes brother keeps racing my car on the street. I want to blame him but my wife bitches about me trying to play "daddy" to him.......anyway help me out before I go insane and before he breaks the god damn thing.

 

you probably used the centerforce throwout bearing....

if so thats what it is, a lot of the cheap aftermarket ones **** out and make this sound, i have gotten used to it, my clutchmasters does the exact same thing....

 

nope....the mother ******* didnt send me a god damn throwout bearing. After I was told it would it didnt. So my wifes father bought one OEM style. And today the car just died thinkin its the timing belt. would that come into play?

 

it shouldnt have anything to do with that....

chill out a little bit, you sound pretty angry....it will be ok....

 

yea I was a lil pissed earlier when I posted. today is my 3 yr wedding anniversary and we were going to the zoo and my mortgage is due tomorrow. I still havent gotten a ride over to the car to check the belt.

 

sometimes the bolts that hold the flywheel together come loose and can cause a metallic rubbing noise. Did you torque the bolts down to specs when you replaced teh clutch?

 

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thats what happens wen the throw out bearing is ready to go...

 

got the same noise with my ACT 6puck with their T/O bearing. i think my stupid *** mechanic didnt grease it properly and you wouldent believe some of the noises i get out of this thing. Do you have the horsey sound yet ? While letting the clutch out from a stop in 1st it will make what sounds like a horse doin the horse thing. lol T/O bearing for sure.