[thambu19]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

My car has been at least 100 miles away from snow for all 43k miles of it's life. I can hear my throwout bearing when sitting in neutral, nothing scary just a little whirring noise that goes away when I push the clutch in (could be described as light gravel rattling or a jar of marbles, but again in most scenarios very low volume). I'm planning to replace it at 60k unless it starts getting significantly louder.



Pop the hood, you can put your hand on it without straining your back. It never really struck me as flimsy. I'm always baffled why people bring up Subaru when it comes to this transmission, it's definitely a Toyota assembly, however according to Amazon the fork is shared with earlier Impreza's, Legacy's and Forrester's. Huh, would have bet my bottom dollar it'd be a ripoff Lexus part (given what we know of the tranny development) but I guess Subaru got their way with the dimensions so they could parts bin it and save significant money as they implemented the FA20 across their lineup:

Amazon.com: Subaru Manual Transmission Clutch Fork 97-10 Legacy 97-10 Impreza 98-09 Forester: Automotive

Regardless of fork origin, similar problems on Lexus (specifically the old IS300):

Squeak:
http://my.is/forums/f221/fix-creakin...t-ball-541281/
(that fork looks cast)
http://my.is/forums/f115/squeaky-clu...-fixed-441275/

Noisy TOB
http://my.is/forums/f88/squeaking-so...stions-430583/

http://my.is/forums/f87/clicking-sou...unning-212716/


All their problems at once:
http://my.is/forums/f88/clutch-petal...irping-364930/


If you learn nothing else from those threads, going to a dealership, being told it's a wear item and you need to pony up could result in a $1,200+ bill to fix a problem that may have been solved with a dab of lube.

Do you mean this can be avoided by lubing? How is it done?