"dcg" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Throwout bearing is usually pretty easy to isolate. Press the clutch
> in.
> If it makes a bounch of noise with the clutch pedal in, it's the
> throw-out bearing.
>
> If it makes noise without using the clutch, there is usually a bearing
> in the rear of the crankshaft that the transmission shaft goes into..
> This can be a bearing, can be a bushing - but when it fails the tranny
> will tend to turn even with the clutch engaged and you'll get hard
> shifts.
>

I believe you mean that the trans. will tend to turn with the clutch
"disengaged" don't you? I've seen bad pilot bushings and bearings do that
very thing.

Garrett Fulton




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