Loose ball bearings by flywheel?

[Tony Hoffman]

I never thought of the release bearing, but that could very well be,
although you should hear a noise when pushing in the pedal.

In either case, you will simply need a new release bearing, but the
trans has to com out either way. If it were mine, I'd do the clutch
with it, unless it was fairly recently replaced. That's a good bit of
work to go through to do the release bearing, and it would be a bummer
to have to go through it again soon afterward if the clutch failed.

Tony


On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Mike <xthejuicex at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all the ideas. Does this mean that I will need a new clutch or
> flywheel? Also, how hard is that to change by yourself as I can't afford to
> take it to a dealer.
>
> -Mike
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Claus Vegener <vegener at post7.tele.dk>wrote:
>
>> I think it is the clutch trust bearing.
>> Claus
>> 200 20V Avant 90
>> Urq 83, 549 Hp
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <xthejuicex at gmail.com>
>> To: <200q20v at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:43 PM
>> Subject: Loose ball bearings by flywheel?
>>
>>
>>  Hey everyone. I was checking out to see if the cps pin on my flywheel was
>>> broken and when I pulled out the starter to look through the hole at the
>>> flywheel, these small metal balls came out. They had grease on them and
>>> when
>>> I poked around inside i could see and feel some small sharp pieces of
>>> metal.
>>> Did some bearing explode or something? Here is a pic of the balls and are
>>> next to a lighter for reference. http://i38.tinypic.com/2yum6md.jpg . BTW
>>> the car won't start but would crank over and get fuel.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Mike
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