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Originally Posted by racepar1
I have said this before and I will say it again, a throwout bearing does not make noise when the clutch pedal is not depressed because it should not quite be touching the clutch. If it has no freeplay then you will wear it out quickly. It is much more likely a transmission bearing, just because it used to work fine does not mean that it still does.
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Exactly.
The TO bearing only makes noise when the clutch is depressed, because that is when it is riding on your pressure plate fingers.
More than likely it is an input shaft bearing to the trans, which happens to be fairly common on these trannys from my experience.