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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
Let me backpedal a bit. As you know, it can be a challenge to form a mental image of an abstract scenario given a short written description. An audio/video clip would help immensely here. Barring that, am I correct that you have observed the following?
1. As of yet there is absolutely no abnormal noise at any time unless your clutch is depressed.
2. When cold, there is an abnormal sound which corresponds to engine speed when you press your clutch pedal.
3. The sound goes away and everything sounds/feels normal after a couple minutes.
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There are a couple different abnormal sounds that can come from down there. One comes from within the worn bearing itself as it rotates. Another more critical one happens when the bearing quits rotating and simply rubs against the pressure plate fingers.
The goal is to decide what kind of sound you are hearing. If the bearing is locking up when you press the clutch, that's no good. You're done now.
If the sound you hear is from something rubbing inside the bearing, you have a little bit of time left. I think a few thousand miles is stretching it.
I'll guess that the bearing is not seizing yet. It seems to be rotating ok when there is no pressure on it and the sound goes away after it heats up. That's already a bad thing. If you want to save the cost of the clutch itself, get in there now. If it is driven at all after the bearing has seized or grenaded, your are in for the whole schmeer and likely stranded somewhere.
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Sorry for not providing enough information but I appreciate the reply! I'm going to keep an eye on this for the next week the sounds have been pretty low in volume compared to some of the videos I have watched on youtube with the same issue.
Sounds very very similar to this.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOJAnWEanmk"]FRS - High Pitch Whine - YouTube[/ame]