does this sound like a throwout bearing?
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5th Wheeling
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does this sound like a throwout bearing?
Noise goes away when I lightly step on the clutch pedal.
Video (w/sound):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx...y0zTG9RYlVyM1U
I can feel a rattling feedback in the clutch pedal when the sound is happening. Until I push in a little and then it goes away.
Video (w/sound):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx...y0zTG9RYlVyM1U
I can feel a rattling feedback in the clutch pedal when the sound is happening. Until I push in a little and then it goes away.
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I've never heard a bad throwout bearing that sounded like that. They tend to sound more like a bad bearing. That sounds like something is loose.
I'd crawl underneath - remove the dust cover under the flywheel and inspect it while a helper does the foot pedal just like in your video. Should be able to determine something that way.
It almost sounds like one of the springs in your pressure plate has come loose at one end.
Chad
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I'd crawl underneath - remove the dust cover under the flywheel and inspect it while a helper does the foot pedal just like in your video. Should be able to determine something that way.
It almost sounds like one of the springs in your pressure plate has come loose at one end.
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5th Wheeling
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I agree. The wierd thing is that it only does it every once in a while. Like today driving to work it was fine. No sounds at all. But it did it 2-3 times yesterday.
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To me, another indication that it isn't your normal worn throw out bearing - once they start making noise they don't typically come and go.
Long distance guesses are much tougher than a local diagnosis.
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Long distance guesses are much tougher than a local diagnosis.
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I've never heard a bad throwout bearing that sounded like that. They tend to sound more like a bad bearing. That sounds like something is loose.
I'd crawl underneath - remove the dust cover under the flywheel and inspect it while a helper does the foot pedal just like in your video. Should be able to determine something that way.
It almost sounds like one of the springs in your pressure plate has come loose at one end.
Chad
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I'd crawl underneath - remove the dust cover under the flywheel and inspect it while a helper does the foot pedal just like in your video. Should be able to determine something that way.
It almost sounds like one of the springs in your pressure plate has come loose at one end.
Chad
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5th Wheeling
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Good idea on that too. I'll post back what I find. I wonder if there is a broken piece that only starts getting thrown around the bellhousing when it gets in the right position.
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In your video is that just in neutral? If so, that should eliminate the driveshaft as being the culprit for that noise since in neutral it shouldn't be spinning much at all. If you were actually driving the truck around as you recorded that then disregard my thought.
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Yep, that's in neutral. I've driven it about 20 miles today and it hasn't happened. That seems to be the m.o. for this noise. I've had the truck for about 3 weeks now and in that time it's done it about 3 times. When it starts doing the noise it seems to want to do it a lot. But then when it stops it may not do it for another week.
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I wonder if the MO happened to the PO and if that is one of the reasons it was up for CL.
Intermittent problems on vehicles can drive a person as crazy as intermittent problems in software. I think I'd still start by taking the dust cover off and having a look there first. Interesting issue.
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Intermittent problems on vehicles can drive a person as crazy as intermittent problems in software. I think I'd still start by taking the dust cover off and having a look there first. Interesting issue.
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The noise is present all the time, you just cannot hear it all the time.
Find an empty street, drive alongside the left curb with the left window down, the noise will be amplified, so you can hear it.
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