I was driving from Kansas City going to north western Iowa. With about 10 miles left, there was a whining sound that developed all of the sudden. When I pressed in the clutch, it stopped. It took a few seconds for it to start again when the clutch was let back.

I am going to disconnect the Power Steering belt to see if that was the problem but if that isnt, what else? Then only thing i can think of is the transmission; something i cant check myself.

 

I believe that your transmission input shaft bearing is bad.

 

yea whenever you push the clutch in and the noise goes away then its sumthin to do with the clutch or trans..does sounds like the shaft bearing..could also be the throwout bearing..

 

Input shaft bearing.

 

Thats definitely not good. Is that a do-it-yourself?

If needed, i have the serivce manual

 

Input Shaft Bearing isn't too hard to do. You have to remove the transmission from the car and tear it completely apart. Heres a guide I followed my first time tearing a transmission apart.

http://d-series.org/forums/transmiss...ng-change.html

Good Luck!

 

thanks. is there any special tools needed? Sorry if this is a dumb question, i havent looked at it too much yet since im out of town. Thanks for the help so far

 

Nope, no special tools. It calls for a snap ring tool, but you can use needle nose pliers. Just the normal allen keys, socket wrenches, rubber mallet, maybe a press but you can use the mallet. Good luck.

 

its possible its not a input shaft bearing.

let me get the story straight.

you were on the interstate when the noise started? if so when you pushed in the clutch im guessing you were doing 70ish mph, so the rpms dropped when you pushed in the clutch? if all of this is true it could be something with the engine, like you said power steering pump, ac, alt, water. input shaft is definitely a possibility though. but you said it took a few seconds to come back when you let the clutch out.

to check the input shaft bearing start the car, let it idle. with no accesories on put it in neutral and listen as you push in the clutch and let it out. if its the input shaft you will hear a whining or growling sound(or combination of both) when you engage the clutch. if you dont hear this then start looking at your accessories.

 

VERY good point.

 

Thanks for all the help. Thank god it wasnt the input shaft bearing(i wasnt in the mood to drop the trany, its too damn cold out).

The noise would always stop when the clutch was pushed in. Later on that morning i made the post i pushed the clutch in and it continued on. I quickly pulled over, heard it coming from the crank shaft pulley area. I knew it wasnt the PS pump because the belt was taken off to rule that out. The only real thing i could do was pull the belt off of the A/C idler pulley and see if the noise stopped. Well i was out of town, didnt have tools, didnt want to run to the local auto parts store to see if i could use their tools but i did have scissors so i just cut the belt off. The noise stopped.

It was snowing out and i was out of town so i didnt really need the A/C at all. I had to buy a new belt but, thats the best i could do while out of town. Also bought a new idler pulley, $37