Originally Posted by
maynard89
i know it seems strange but it seems like the shortthrow has cleared up the problem, and just out of curiousity how vcould i check to see if the pilot bearing was going out?
It will exhibit the symptome you described. If you can't explain away the problem any other way, you have to pull the trans and inspect it. You should always install a new pilot bearing when changing the clutch.... kinda like doing a water pump with a timing belt.
Originally Posted by
rallypoint_1
oh yea, my pilot bearing made a lot of noise when clutch was let out but stopped when depressed. A Honda tech of mine said that the pilot bearings are notorious for going bad. If a short throw solved the prob then cool, but keep it on the back of your mind.
That's usually an input shaft bearing on the trans. It stops making noise when you release the clutch because the input shaft stops spinning in the bad bearing. A bad pilot bearing causes the input shaft to keep spinning even though you release the clutch. Symptoms of a bad pilot bearing are hard/impossible to get into first gear at rest and grinding when shifting into other gears while moving.