Neuronix Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 About 6 months ago I was the lucky buyer of an AWD 1998 Legacy Wagon, 4cyl 2.2L, manual 5spd, with 56k miles. There were a few minor issues I had repaired, and the car now has 64k miles on it. The previous owner told me he had the clutch replaced at about 50k miles and the car has had its 60k service. I noticed when I purchased the car that there was an oscillating whine when idling that went away when depressing the clutch. The source of the whine seemed pretty obvious at the time. I don't know what the part is called, so I have to describe it. When looking towards the back of the engine there's a linker the points up and forward that moves down as the clutch is depressed. When the clutch wasn't depressed, that whole assembly would sit in there and vibrate from side to side, but putting pressure on the clutch caused the vibration to stop. The problem seems to be getting worse. The amount of vibration has increased. The vibration only goes away entirely when the clutch is fully depressed. Now I hear the sound very clearly when the clutch is depressed both at idle and also during low speed driving. It may just be my imagination, but it does seem like the clutch is engaging with the clutch pedal closer to the floor than before. That being said, I'm not noticing any grinding or slipping. Now I'm not very mechanically inclined and have no experience with transmissions. Does this sound like something I'll be able to get at outside the transmission? If not, I'm going to be taking a 4k mile road trip in another month, so I wonder if I should take the car over to the transmission shop to get this repaired before I set out. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olnick Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I would say definitely have it checked out before a major trip . . . provided you have a transmission shop/mechanic you can trust. Suggest you avoid the national chain places. Hopefully someone on here has more specifics and suggestions about your problem. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuronix Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 provided you have a transmission shop/mechanic you can trust. I do not. If anyone has a cheap and reliable source in SLC (especially southern suburbs) let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Old thread I know, but if you haven't had this fixed yet, it's probably a bad release bearing. Transmission (or engine) has to be removed to get to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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