Whenever I turn my radio off and put down my window, I can hear a slight whirring noise, however whenever I depress my clutch pedal it goes away. Is that the pilot or release bearing going? And if so, should I just change the whole clutch out? It is well used, and probably could use the change - but if I do change it out what clutch should I go with? This car is just a daily driver, other than perhaps one burn out a month, it only gets minor spirited driving.

 

sounds like a common symptom of the throw out bearing. If you do it, get a kit(clutch, TO bearing, pilot bearing, pressure plate) and do the whole thing. Don't forget to have your flywheel resurfaced. Exedy seems to be popular for a stock replacement and kits can be had for under 100.

 

might as well just replace the whole clutch. Go with an Exedy OEM replacement or Exedy stage 1

 

Thanks, I was thinking of going with the Exedy OEM replacement, it is really all I need, never even thought about the flywheel resurfacing. But now that you mention it I'll get that done too - thanks again.

 

My Ludes been doin this for a while....you got plenty of time

 

Yeah, my 99 SI is giving me problems as well. I bought the car with an ACT Clutch and flywheel. I've just started to notice my clutch going out, or atleast I think it's the clutch. Symptoms are: Hard to put into gear, grinding in third, not very smooth at all. Should I ditch ACT or replace it with another one?

 

Okay, so im looking at ACT Clutch kits and I have a few questions. There is one kit that uses the 6 Pad Race Disk, then there is another kit that says it's the performance organic street disk. Which one is better to have? My SI is my daily driver/street racing car. Also, what is the difference between a heavy duty pressure plate compared to the Xtreme Pressure Plate? Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Here is the website to where I'm getting this info.

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/pe...7&brandid=1032

Thanks for your help guys!

 

Prolly aint gonna make 1 bit of difference between the two in your stock SI...I would go with the cheaper one....and if your clutch is goin out and its only a 99 then i would just stick with the stock clutch for now until you do some upgrades....Where in Indiana you from?

 

I have the heavy duty pressure plate in my Daily Driver and ive felt the Xetreme Plate in the same car same engine the feel is much more stiff i would go with a heavy duty pressure plate.

 

My almost freshly installed ACT HDSS has the throwout bearing squeaking already.