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dear friend i think to have a clutch problem in fact when i press the clutch i hear a noise qute strong thath disappear when i release the clutch. do you thin this will be an engine off job?i am sure the answer is yes anyway thanks vittorio

That sounds like it could be the thrust bearing (or throw-out bearing it's sometimes called) ..... if it also makes a noise when you rest your foot on the pedal lightly but not enough to actually disengage the clutch then it's probably this.

K

If it's the thrust bearing then it is almost certainly a ring bearing round the input shaft of the gearbox so will need the engine splitting from the gearbox to fit a replacement.

If it is this bearing the good news is that the actual part itself is cheap .... the bad news is that, unless you can do the repair yourself, the labour cost will be a hundred times the cost of the part which is always annoying

It does sound like the thrust bearing

i already received the kit clutch from melvyn rutter .... but i had to pay 100 euros more for custom... oh dear brexit

Vittorio, which model and year do you have? Perhaps in future it would be cheaper to order the parts in Europe from a Ford oder Rover dealer?

yes heinz i think you are right ... the problem was thath i orderderd the item on 22dec just when uncle melvyn closed to the 4 january.... at thath moment brexit was active. the problem now is the clutch.... an engine off job. thanks heinz ciao vittorio

Vittorio .... the clutch is definitely a split engine from gearbox job .... renewing the thrust bearing will be just a little detail swept up in the main job .... and, as the bearings are so cheap, it would be something you'd do as a precaution anyway during a clutch change even if it wasn't noisy.


K

dear image just one more question ...thrust bearing and release bearing are the samething? grazie vittorio. i ask this because in the clutch kit of melvyn rutter are included release baering

if not i order also the thrust bearing

Vittorio .... yes, release bearing is the same thing .... it has different names .... some are older terms for it and some are used in different countries .... all mean the same thing tho .... the bearing that pushes on the fingers of the pressure plate to take the clamping force off the friction plate .

K