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06-07-2011
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 Join Date: May 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Throw out bearing noise.
Seeing as most of you are experts. Is is normal for the ZF6 throwout bearing to be noisy when the clutch is disengaged and you are not in any gear?
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06-07-2011
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#2 |
 Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: San Marcos CA
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
My blue label ZF6 did this loudly in my 95 LT1 car, but my current 91 LT5 car is pretty quiet and maybe more so since the Bill Budreau got his mitts on it. Seems to me that the t/o bearing isn't loaded with the clutch pedal out as most cars I had would make noise when you depressed the clutch.
Then again it's a pull type pressure plate deal. It is also possibly normal gear whine from the trans which is completely harmless if the lube oil in it is full. |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Folsom CA
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
Yup.
Mostly it's from the ZF6 tho and not the throwout bearing. Even with the DM flywheel it's noticeable. Put in a single mass aluminum flywheel on a stock transmission and you will hear something described often as "A Box Of Rocks Tumbling Around". Bill Budreau, the ZF Doc has a cure, but it involves rebuilding the ZF6. TomC 'Crabs |
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
I got an extra in Chicago out of a totaled LT-1 maybe I will just send that to Bill to rebuild.
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Houston, TX
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
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06-08-2011
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
In my humble experience, the throw out bearing noise only occurs if the bearing itself starts revolving in its housing. The noise makes you think a tomcat has got in there, and has got it's chebs caught in the crankshaft. Any other transmission noise heard when the clutch is depressed will probably be just a bit of general wear and tear. Maybe bleeding the clutch might quieten things down?
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
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Re: Throw out bearing noise.
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