[DeTomaso] New Noise In Ely

[John Taphorn]

Steve

I could be your throwout; although it sounds like your pilot bearing may be 
sending a message.  I assume that you are not running a bushing.

I would press my luck.  Try to only use the clutch when engaging first from 
a standstill; otherwise match RPMs to shift w/o the clutch and spare the 
bearing.  It works.

Not the distraction you need this weekend - good luck.

JT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Couchman" <scottcouchman at yahoo.com>
To: "Pantera Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:42 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] New Noise In Ely


>I just arrived in Ely after driving 500 miles from Southern California for 
>Sunday's Silver State Classic and I have a new noise. I don't like new 
>noises, especially when I'm 500 miles from home. I get a bearing sound now 
>when I engage the clutch. Kind of like a throwout bearing. No noise when I 
>depress the clutch or the clutch is all the way out, only during the clutch 
>engagement process as I launch. The first time it happened, it was so 
>quiet, I wasn't sure I heard anything. The next two times confirmed that 
>somethings not working right. At first, it didn't happen everytime I let 
>out the clutch. Now it seems to be more consistent. If it is the throwout 
>bearing, do I stay and run on Sunday and limp home on Monday, or do I just 
>decide to limp home tomorrow. I don't mind pulling the ZF, I just don't 
>really want to do it in the Hotel Nevada parking lot. Any thoughts??
>
>
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