85 4kq clutch issues?

[Huw Powell]

> and now the car starts making a new (and I am afraid expensive) sound.
> It's sort of a high pitched grinding/screching sound that varies with
> engine speed.  It also changes when I move the clutch in and out.  The
> cluch itself seems to work fine, it's not slipping or anything.

Sounds like your clutch release bearing ("throwout bearing") is
disintegrating.

This is, as you fear, an expensive sound.

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Huw Powell

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