vibrating clutch

[Kenneth Keith]

I had the same symptoms on the '88 5kcstq I had.  When I pulled the
tranny to do the clutch, the ball bearings from the throwout bearing
sprinkled out onto the floor.  I thought it was pretty bad.  The
clutch itself actually had a little meat on it still.  I think that
car had somewhere around 170k or so on it, but I don't recall exactly.

Ken

L DC <ldc007usa at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My experience with a bad throw-out/release bearing
> showed the following symptoms:
>
> With engine running, when engaging the clutch pedal, a
> grinding sound (in the bell-housing area) coupled with
> a subtle vibration (in the pedal itself) resulted.
>
> The more the clutch pedal was engaged, the more
> pronounced the grinding sound became.
>
> As the problem grew worse, the grinding sound came and
> went while engine idling and without depressing the
> clutch pedal at all.
>
>
> -Best Regards,
>
> -Louis