weird noise - ideas?

[zaven]

I've noticed a new, occasional noise. Sometimes (seems when the car is cold) when I start the car and let it sit in neutral I hear a sort of grinding noise coming front the front (left?). It's not very loud but clearly something is going on. If I push the clutch in, the noise stops when the clutch is all the way in. Lately I have heard this a few times when in gear, say cruising out of the parking lot. Any ideas? Should I have it looked at immediately?
thanks!

(It's a 95 NT eclipse)

 

[ASZRAEL1266]

is your car a MT? from what it sounds like the first thing that comes to my mind is the throw out bearing.

 

[dsmrunaway1]

it is def ur throw out bearing mine did that 2 then i was driving home on the parkway my tranny blew like 1 mont later at 70 mph i don't know how i didn't do a front flip damn i was lucky. then i replaced my tans with a rebuilt jasper trans with 3000 miles on it with lsd now....no more noise def the throw out bearing is it real loud ??

 

[zaven]

Like I said, it's a MT and no, the noise isn't terribly loud. It's quieter than the engine at 2500rpm, anyway.

So whats the throw-out bearing? How easy of a fix is it, or do I need a new tranny?

 

[zaven]

OK I looked it up. This page ( http://www.carcarecouncil.org/Manual_Transmission/throw-out_bearing.shtml ) says:

" The classic symptom of a worn throw-out bearing is a whirring or growling sound when applying the clutch pedal, which goes away when releasing the pedal."

Note: I hear the noise usually when the clutch pedal is *not* applied. It goes away when the clutch is fully disengaged.

??

 

[dsmrunaway1]

yes it will always mostly happen when pedal is out when itis in it will disappear. as long as its not to loud not really a problem but if it starts to get real loud then there might be a problem its in the trans so u would have to take the trans out sucks but who knows it might last awhile wou;dn't go to long though