guelphgryphon

I'm getting ready to do a swap and was wondering if anyone could tell me if my tranny was on the way out. Here is what it does...with the clutch disenguaged (pedal out) it makes like a whinning sorta grinding noise, however, as soon as I enguage the clutch (pedal in) it shuts up. I've never had problems selecting gears or anything like that so you tell me will she hold up or is she dyin'? BTW it has a new clutch including pilot and throw out bearings just to rule that out and it did it before I changed the clutch as well...please help.

kwikb16a2

its one of the bearings i think, my cars starting to do the same

dingus88

well it's the throw out bearing that is making the noise....probobly adjusted wrong which caused it to go out....probobly a non contact that was making contact causing wear.....

strictlya

Mine does the same Damn ZC swap....Not so bad but its still there

bdotdan

my car does that now too, could be input shaft bearing aswell.

bbarbulo

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yup, prolly the throwout bearing... easy replacement while doing the clutch.

Jay M

So, if when I step on the gas, it makes this funny noise, sorta like a grinding noise, it could be this?

I just put a Si tranny in my EF this weekend, and I think I remember noticing that the pressure plate on the Si engine was grooved where the throwout bearing was..... **HITS HAMMER ON HEAD** for not replacing it.

BOND007

I just had similar situation ... clutch depressed car quiet ....clutch released grinding whining noise..... Replaced input shaft bearing and all was quiet again ........while I was in there though replaced clutch ,release bearing,pivot bearing and flywheel

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

BOND007, did you determine cause of failure?? Mine is starting to get whiny too... I think Honda fuct up. Mine is only slightly noticable, if I wasn't me, I wouldn't even notice haha

That's okay... new clutch sometime soon anyways.

BOND007

It was 100% the input shaft bearing that failed or was failing the bearings get dents inthem and then they don't roll properly and that caused the vibration

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

you mean the ball bearings were not properly hardened. wonder who the manufacturer of the bearing was

I'm prolly gonna source a Timken or SKF bearing

BOND007

No clue if they were properly hardened ...when looking at the bearing .looked okay ... When rolling them around you could hear and feel the grinding

guelphgryphon

I replaced the throwout bearing...what's the input shaft bearing? It's F**KING annoying but my question still remains is the tranny ok or is it on it's way out?

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

tranny is ok, just replace that bearing. same labour as a clutch basically. Buddah can do it, or Altech

BOND007

input shaft bearing is inside the tranny and needs to be taken apart to be replaced

guelphgryphon

thanks for all your input its greatly appreciated...I've got another tranny laying around so maybe I'll try that instead although I have absolutely no clue as to it's condition...anyone got a honda part number for that input shaft or an idea of the total cost...Buddah hook a brother up!

bdotdan

check here for part #'s
http://www.slhondaparts.com/