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      04-30-2012, 06:48 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by flzrider View Post
If the noise occurs when the clutch is out (foot off the pedal), it's your flywheel, not your throwout bearing.
When a throw out bearing is bad, typically it reveals itself when you let out the clutch while in neutral. Then there is a rattle sound, that's a throw out bearing.

Other than badly glazing and/or warping the flywheel, which is not easy to do, you'll get a shudder when you engage the clutch. Perhaps that is what you were thinking of?
Also, when that happens it's more likely a glazed clutch before a flywheel problem. The flywheel is sturdier than the clutch.
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