Originally Posted by Highmile
The throwout bearing only spins when the pedal is pressed in. So I would only hear noise in the opposite circumstance from what I described, not how you said.
The throwout bearing is always spinning.
When you depress the clutch, it puts a load on it and will quiet it down if it squeaks with the pedal out.
The main question is: when the clutch is pressed, does the sound immediately go away, or go away a few seconds later? That would be a way to determine if the throwout bearing is bad, or if something internally in the tranny is bad.