Slippage

I suggest you're losing the throwout bearing, probably due to age. If uncorrected, it will wear out the three clutch fingers, forcing replacement of the clutch cover, too.

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Originally posted by ORNG UFO:
When I start my car, especially when it is cold, if I don't hold in the clutch it will screach for a few seconds until it is warmed up (on cold days I could get a 10 second screach from the back). Even sometimes after slight warm up it will let out a screach from a start. I would think that maybe the clutch is slipping, but it seems like it is grabbing. Any thoughts?

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Had the same problem, primairy axle bearing
in the rear of the transmission was in bad shape.
Please assure yourself (with a stetiscope)
that this is where the sound comes from before taking the gearbox apart, because this is lots of work.

T/O bearing was what I was thinking also. I would do the stethescope thing, but it only screaches mostly when I just start it. Maybe I will put the wife to work again and start it while I listen.

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Originally posted by ORNG UFO:
T/O bearing was what I was thinking also. I would do the stethescope thing, but it only screaches mostly when I just start it. Maybe I will put the wife to work again and start it while I listen.

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I did not mean the throw out bearing, but
the gearbox bearing in the rear of the tranmission.
But if you use a stetiscope you will find where the noise came from.

Lots of success.......

What makes you think it may be the rear bearing opposed to the T/O bearing?

Guess I will just have to play Doctor with the wife while she starts it up and I check out the rear with my sethescope.

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Originally posted by ORNG UFO:
What makes you think it may be the rear bearing opposed to the T/O bearing?

Guess I will just have to play Doctor with the wife while she starts it up and I check out the rear with my sethescope.

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I hope she doesen't blow you away !!!!
When you hold the clutch, the t/o bearing
is rolling.
If it is in bad shape you should hear it then, but you say that there is no noise when you hold the clutch.
When you loosen the clutch, your t/o bearing
is not functioning, so you can't hear it.
But in this situation the primairy axle of the gearbox rotates, and so do the bearings
of it.

If you need a additional explaining, just let me know.

PS: Be careful with your wife.

Greetings Paul.

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Originally posted by paul ritzen:
I hope she doesen't blow you away !!!!
When you hold the clutch, the t/o bearing
is rolling.
If it is in bad shape you should hear it then, but you say that there is no noise when you hold the clutch.
When you loosen the clutch, your t/o bearing
is not functioning, so you can't hear it.
But in this situation the primairy axle of the gearbox rotates, and so do the bearings
of it.

If you need a additional explaining, just let me know.

PS: Be careful with your wife.

Greetings Paul.

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Thanks for the advice and innuendos. Your analogy seems correct, it can�t be the T/O bearing.