atxishome

Hey all - quick question for you. Whenever my car is running, in neutral, with the clutch out, there's a quiet whirring coming from the trans. area. This sound completely stops when I put the clutch in. It's about time for a clutch replacement anyway - the car's got 96k on it now; I just wanna know if that's for sure (or most likely) the pilot/throwout bearing, or am I lookin at fixing another thing when I open it up? I'm fixin to leave for 6 months overseas, but when I return I'm planning on clutch/timing belt (overdue, yes)/water pump/seals/gaskets....*maaaaybe* a turbo/headgasket/headstuds. We'll see.

TIA,
~Joe

scfocus

iTrader: (3)

Yea thats the throwout bearing.. I have the same problem

cbrasian

most likely throwout bearing.... but you can't tell for sure till you open her up just get a good cluth like the rps carbon carbon or the rps max for daily driving and replace the bearings

93sc3005sp

my reccomendation is to use oem lexus bearing only! because the ones that came with my competition stage 4 kit actuallly chirp at idle only when warm for some reason and make it sound like i have a noisy valvetrain while revving up with clutch pedal out, use oem bearings, you will not regret it

OneJay

iTrader: (14)

Throwout bearing for sure. I have the same problem. Kind of like a chirping sound?

93sc3005sp

yes but only after i drive it a few minutes, do you have a cc stage 4 as well?

OneJay

iTrader: (14)

I have a centerforce stage one, but I want to switch to something heavier.

cbrasian

i've installed tons of supras and the sc300's using the rps carbon carbon on one and its great i 've test drove tons of different clutches and personally i like the carbon carbon...i've used the c&c myself and i love it too

93sc3005sp

yea its a great clutch, but im so mad that the bearings chatter, im going to have to rip the tranny out again