i know i'm a noob and i have search for problem with tranny in here for ek but i cant find anything that is relate to my problem...i have a 96 civic dx tranny that is making a wierd noise like the clutch or flywheel is about to fly out from the tranny. It only makes noise when i'm not press on the clutch, but when i step on the clutch the noise stop. Everyone told me that its the throw-out bearing gone bad on my tranny so i order a whole set of complete clutch with everything(alignment tool, throw-out bearing, pressure plate, clutch disc...etc) i told it to a local shop to install it. When i got to the shopi have the machanic listen to the noise and test drive my car. He also say that its the throw out bearing for sure so i told him i have everything just needed his labor charge to put in my clutch. But when i went to pick it up, it still make the same noises......the mechanic dude was clueless as to what went wrong. He then told me that i just needed a new trany cause probably my tranny is funk up....so now i just lost $250 for the labor for nothing......
can anyone tell me what could of been the problem beside this.....
any advise or help would be appreciate .......

 

maybe the mechanic didnt do anything.... it wouldnt be the first time

 

99.9% sure its the main bearing.

my friends is doing the same, he also thinks its the throw-out bearing. if you cannot toy with the noise by playing with the pedal, its definitely not the throw-out and the main bearing is trash.

you have only one option that i know of, GM Syncromesh FM (friction modifier)
drain your tranny and use this stuff, don't use anything else, GM FM is that best fluid for a Honda tranny hands down. you can buy it from the GM dealer.
Good luck

 

well the mechanic guy gave me back all the old parts too.....i know i wasnt there to watch them install it ...maybe i should take it back to the shop and ask them ?

 

i would def try the GM SM always a good option..

 

thanks for the info.....
i'll try that this week...

 

Input shaft bearing. I drove around with mine whining for like a year. Then I bought a lower mileage DX trans which is very quiet, hehe. The ISB is at the opposite end of the Throwout bearing, inside the trans. How many miles are on your engine/trans. Mine has like 170k on it

 

i'm guessing 176k on the tranny w/ the stock motor. is it fitable?....

 

You have to take trans off the car, open it up, remove the gearset, and the ISB is inside the case. Its quite a big job but if you do that, you might as well do every bearing since trans case is already open.
Buy a used trans, its cheaper. Get one with lower mileage.
The ISB is a common thing on high mileage civic's

Try the Syncromesh tranny fluid and see if it helps. Its a Bandaid though

 

thanks for the info....

 

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true, but in many cases this bandaid can last a very very very long time.

If you do decide to buy a new tranny if SM dont work, try to get a S20 over the S40 trany, its shorter and a little faster

 

Input Shaft Bearing

 

samething happend to me. i had to get a new tranny.

 

im a noob too. Get a new tranny. I had the same problem 3 times. I found a used tranny for 50 bucks and installed it worked perfect. The labor to fix whatever is wrong wit the tranny can cost more than a tranny itself. When u buy a tranny wiggle the mainshaft to see if its tight. Make sure u get one thats tight.

 

I would slap that mechanic he should of known it was the input shaft bearing he just wanted your money.

 

listen to bense and everyone else that said input shaft bearing... its pretty common
and definately not worth a new transmission lol. lets all take our money and flush it down the crapper. the isb bearing i just quoted yesterday at honda is just over 30 bux. theres a nice diy writeup on dseries.org. im going to have to do it myself shortly. that mechanic jacked you, n hes probably hoping youll come back to try to fix it again... progressive income right there

 

U can change the ISB yourself

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=596873

 

thanks to all....i believe its the ISB, cause the noise is bother me when my rpm is at 3000 and up.

 

my car has the same problem but only got 65k miles