Topic: new noise - clutch, t/o bearing or tranny?

[gkainz]

kids' 95 YJ, 150k miles, AX5 manual tranny  - started making a new noise, sounds like a "sandpaper" shhhhhhhh or dry bearing when in neutral with the clutch out.  Disappears completely with the clutch pedal about half way down, comes back just a little when completely disengaged.  The clutch doesn't seem to slip, even though two boys learned to drive a manual in it.

In trying to guess how long to kick the wife's car out of the garage for this, I'm wondering if this just sounds like a clutch (new one going in, anyway), throwout bearing (ditto on new one) or if I'm looking at bearing(s) in the tranny.  If it's a tranny rebuild, then I'm going to have to negotiate better with the wife!

Oh yeah, drained and filled the tranny with new GL-5 gear oil - no change.  I intend to change that out with Redline after the clutch job.

Thanks
Greg

[gkainz]

title should have said "t/o bearing" not "t/b bearing" ... darn glasses!  Is there also an Edit Post feature that I'm too blind to see?

Greg



Fixed it for ya' -JJ

[Mozman68]

FYI...you need to be a member a little longer and have more posts to be able to edit. 

[Jeffy]

You have to wait something like 30 seconds before you can edit your post then you have up to 15 minutes.

[gkainz]

it was the throwout bearing ... almost back together again with new clutch kit installed ... waiting on 2 new nutserts in order to put the skid plate back on.