Vibration in my clutch pedal ('86 4kcsq)

[Tyson Varosyan]

I started the car this morning and to my dismay heard a gut wrenching sound.
Rotary metal on metal grinding... Popped the hood, looked around, but could
not tell if the sound was coming from inside the motor or one of the
pulleys. I verified that all of my fluids were right to make sure that
nothing was running dry and decided to continue loading the car while
letting warm up. After about 5 minutes, the noise sputtered and stopped. I
got to thinking "whatever bearing that was just fell out and the engine is
running, could be good, could be bad."

Driving later the same day I felt a noticeable vibration in the clutch pedal
when it was partly pressed. There was also a new noise, a low tone grinding
sound whenever the clutch was fully down. To my surprise, the clutch does
not slip at all, it still grips very solid. Now I got my own ideas as to
what happened, I would like to hear what the list has to say.

Tyson Varosyan
Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
tyson at up-times.com
www.up-times.com
206-715-TECH (8324)

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