JONATHAN LOPEZ wrote:
> I can't tell if I am about to be screwed. I got my clutch replaced in
> January by a shop that I have been going to for the past two years.
> Sometimes they have not marked up my parts from what moss charges and
> sometimes they have- I always know I am paying alot of money.
>
> Anyway, the point is that I have noticed in the past week that when the
> clutch is dis-engaged there is a light rattling sound. This sound goes
> away when I engage the clutch. I took it in to them, and they say it is
> the transmission bearing and not the clutch. Does this sound right? It
> is the difference between me paying or them paying.
Jonathan:
It does sound like the clutch release (or throwout) bearing. Surely they
would have replaced this when doing the clutch work - but not familiar with
your shop.
If it is "chattering" when you disengage, then it's probably in need of
replacement. If, on the other hand, it is making a slight "jingling" sound
when pedal is out and gearbox in neutral, check the slave cylinder return
spring. May be allowing the bearing to rest against the clutch housing
"fingers". This will definitely lead to premature failure of the bearing.
Good luck.
Martin Libhart
1972 TR6
1970 Spitfire
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