On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Eric Zeno wrote: > Bad pilot bearing. When cold there is just enough clearance > for the input shaft, (or whats left of it) to work properly. > After things get heated up the input shaft in being gulded > by what it left of the pilot bearing. This makes the clutch > act as if it is dragging. A simple test for this is turnning off > the engine. If you can shift fine, with the engine off, this is > it! Start taking the transaxle out, or risk damaging it also. Another classic symptom of a bad pilot bearing is a grating, scraping, or growling noise when the clutch is pushed in, the engine is running, and the tranny is in gear, that goes away with the clutch out in neutral.
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