OK so I went with a freind to go look at a car today,
was a 96 dx hatch, all stock.

everything looked good, except it had this gnarly noise when you would let off
the clutch pedal in first and sometimes second.

basically right where the clutch grabs it would sound like a loud metallic scraping.
high pitched, like metal on metal sort of thing.

clutch still worked fine, car drove fine and everything, just that sound was the problem.
So we passed on the car,
but i'm still really curious as to what you guys think that was??

clutch problem, or tranny problem, or what?

thanks!

 

Input shaft bearing. Very common problem, very easy fix if you can pull a tranny apart.

 

did it do it in neutral? could be a bad ISB

 

could also be a throwout bearing, which is also easy to fix yourself if u can take a tranny apart

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdmEj1! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">could also be a throwout bearing, which is also easy to fix yourself if u can take a tranny apart</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, it really couldn't be, not if you actually read his post.

Noise when clutch is released: ISB
Noise when clutch is depressed: TOB

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Input shaft bearing. Very common problem, very easy fix if you can pull a tranny apart.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's what I would have said.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdmEj1! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">could also be a throwout bearing, which is also easy to fix yourself if u can take a tranny apart</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nah, doesn't sound like it.

 

well when my throw out bearing was going out, mine did that ****.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdmEj1! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well when my throw out bearing was going out, mine did that ****.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It was squealing/scraping when you were <u>pulling out the clutch</u>?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

It was squealing/scraping when you were <u>pulling out the clutch</u>?</TD></TR></TABLE>

ya man... i replaced it and everything was a ok... I heard from a friend of mine that was wierd, usually it'll just make your gears grind and ****. BUT it worked for me...

 

i would think that if you have a bad throwout bearing, you would hear noise at around 2,000 rpm regardless of what gear you are in. someone correct me if im wrong.

 

sometimes it can make that noise if a mouse crawls in through ure cracked axel boots and up in ure transmission....do you also hear a squeaking/rodent sound?

 

hehehe, dude, mouse in the transmission huh?


but yeah sounds like inputshaft bearing to me..

thanks guys.