63,000 and throwout bearing ruined everything

[MaXimus]

I posted a while back after having the dealer change TOB around 60k. I'm now on 86k and seems having similar issue.

I even consciously leave the car in neutral at lights, avoid over shifting/downshifting. I wanna get a camera into that hole to have a proper look.

[zc06_kisstherain]

besdies OEM, is there better one for TOB?

[seant2h]

I posted my TOB experience in another thread...

Originally Posted by seant2h

I commute 94 miles per day, mostly highway with about 0.5 miles on each end and below is what happened to mine after 88k miles. Also for anyone who says I don't know how to drive stick, I have had several manual cars in the past 18 years: two Hondas, one Hyundai, a Saturn and this car and I have driven this car less miles than any one of them and none of them have I ever replaced the clutch or TOB... Until today.

[solidONE]

^ ew... at least it's still one assembly. lol

[zc06_kisstherain]

Originally Posted by seant2h

I posted my TOB experience in another thread...

did you replace it with OEM again? or other better quality aftermarket one?

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Coheed

My TOB is starting to make more noises. Now when I rev high (5000rpm) with the clutch depressed, it makes noise. The first few times I heard it, it sounded like someone was honking their horn at me. Just a faint honk noise. Now it is getting more frequent, and I am planning on getting a new clutch set soon to resolve this issue.

15000 miles and TOB already taking a shit.

That doesn't sound like a bad throwout bearing. When a TOB goes bad, it makes different pitches/volumes of noises when you engage and release the clutch in neutral. I had one go out in my old Triumph, and close to the end it would sing several different notes when the clutch was let out or in while the car was sitting still.

Originally Posted by MaXimus

I wanna get a camera into that hole to have a proper look.

Find a 20% off coupon and go pick one up at Harbor Freight. They work fine. And you can use it to check yourself for polyps.

[Coheed]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

That doesn't sound like a bad throwout bearing. When a TOB goes bad, it makes different pitches/volumes of noises when you engage and release the clutch in neutral. I had one go out in my old Triumph, and close to the end it would sing several different notes when the clutch was let out or in while the car was sitting still.



Find a 20% off coupon and go pick one up at Harbor Freight. They work fine. And you can use it to check yourself for polyps.

I've never heard one quite like this. I've had several fail, but this is quite different. I'll get some video of it. You get some vibration in the pedal as well with the clutch depressed at higher rpm. I can replicate the noise at will most times. It seems to resonate around 5k rpm.

Well, it's either that, or perhaps a thrust bearing issue, which isn't a known problem with the FA20 to my knowledge.