Transmission Whine Options

[HardHead93]

Within the last few days I started getting a whine from the car whenever I push the clutch in but it goes away as soon as the clutch is fully engaged or fully disenaged. It even happens if I ride the clutch without fully disengaging it (no, I do not ride my clutch normally). Everything is pointing to the throw out bearing. mad.gif CRAP! I just got the car all back together and now this. The sad thing is that this is a fairly new throwout bearing that came with my SPEC stage 2 clutch. If I had to guess, there is less than 2000 miles on this throwout bearing. Is the throwout bearing going bad or is it just going to make that noise because it is not an OEM part?

This post has been edited by HardHead93: Dec 11, 2016 - 5:33 PM

[Box]

I was going to suggest OEM but for the 6th gen GT you can get the Timken/Koyo for right under $20 shipped off RA at the moment since they're selling off private labeled packages. Timken/Koyo, NTK, or Nachi is probably the o.e. manufacturer anyway, but I've always had good luck those and always go with them if possible when it comes to any bearing as they're o.e. suppliers for good reason. I'd price check and if possible determine the manufacturer on the o.e. bearing and then decide from there.

For what it's worth Exedy makes really good clutches, and I can't swear to it but I'm fairly sure they source their release bearings from one of the above mentioned companies or at least that seemed to be the case a few years ago when I helped do my brother's Maxima. You should be able to look at the release bearing and find a brand stamped on it.