Jeffrey DeWitt

Are you SURE it's under the hood? When my throwout bearing went out at
around 280,000 it made a squealing noise kind of like a belt but higher
pitched and with a bit of a metallic sound to it.

Putting in the clutch really quieted it down, but of course the fix was
to replace the bearing, and as long as it was apart the clutch. (Then
the engine went out about 20,000 miles later!).

Clutch still worked perfectly, but I understand that if let go the
bearing could have really messed up the input shaft on the transmission.

Jeff DeWitt

Greg wrote:
> Like Matt said to your other post, throwout bearing, daughter's 95 YJ was
> the same last year, same milage.
>
> "agent99" <agent99ri@***.net> wrote in message
> news:05c032a03289e251294e89cc093475d6@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>
>>for the past week ive been hearing squilling under the hood. had them
>>replace the belt and it still happenes... not all the time... usually if i
>>put the clutch in it decreases.. then today it didnt squill at all... any
>>ideas.. its a 1994 Jeep Wrangler. 150,000 miles.. cluth and shifthing is
>>all working fine
>>
>
>
>

Jeffrey DeWitt

Are you SURE it's under the hood? When my throwout bearing went out at
around 280,000 it made a squealing noise kind of like a belt but higher
pitched and with a bit of a metallic sound to it.

Putting in the clutch really quieted it down, but of course the fix was
to replace the bearing, and as long as it was apart the clutch. (Then
the engine went out about 20,000 miles later!).

Clutch still worked perfectly, but I understand that if let go the
bearing could have really messed up the input shaft on the transmission.

Jeff DeWitt

Greg wrote:
> Like Matt said to your other post, throwout bearing, daughter's 95 YJ was
> the same last year, same milage.
>
> "agent99" <agent99ri@***.net> wrote in message
> news:05c032a03289e251294e89cc093475d6@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>
>>for the past week ive been hearing squilling under the hood. had them
>>replace the belt and it still happenes... not all the time... usually if i
>>put the clutch in it decreases.. then today it didnt squill at all... any
>>ideas.. its a 1994 Jeep Wrangler. 150,000 miles.. cluth and shifthing is
>>all working fine
>>
>
>
>

Jeffrey DeWitt

Are you SURE it's under the hood? When my throwout bearing went out at
around 280,000 it made a squealing noise kind of like a belt but higher
pitched and with a bit of a metallic sound to it.

Putting in the clutch really quieted it down, but of course the fix was
to replace the bearing, and as long as it was apart the clutch. (Then
the engine went out about 20,000 miles later!).

Clutch still worked perfectly, but I understand that if let go the
bearing could have really messed up the input shaft on the transmission.

Jeff DeWitt

Greg wrote:
> Like Matt said to your other post, throwout bearing, daughter's 95 YJ was
> the same last year, same milage.
>
> "agent99" <agent99ri@***.net> wrote in message
> news:05c032a03289e251294e89cc093475d6@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>
>>for the past week ive been hearing squilling under the hood. had them
>>replace the belt and it still happenes... not all the time... usually if i
>>put the clutch in it decreases.. then today it didnt squill at all... any
>>ideas.. its a 1994 Jeep Wrangler. 150,000 miles.. cluth and shifthing is
>>all working fine
>>
>
>
>

Lon

agent99 proclaimed:

> for the past week ive been hearing squilling under the hood. had them
> replace the belt and it still happenes... not all the time... usually if i
> put the clutch in it decreases.. then today it didnt squill at all... any
> ideas.. its a 1994 Jeep Wrangler. 150,000 miles.. cluth and shifthing is
> all working fine
>
Who was "them" and why did they replace the belt?


If you put the transmission in neutral and push in on the clutch, does
the noise quit? If so, go to a different "them" than the folks that
wasted your money on a serpentine belt for a noise more likely to be
throwout bearing.

Lon

agent99 proclaimed:

> for the past week ive been hearing squilling under the hood. had them
> replace the belt and it still happenes... not all the time... usually if i
> put the clutch in it decreases.. then today it didnt squill at all... any
> ideas.. its a 1994 Jeep Wrangler. 150,000 miles.. cluth and shifthing is
> all working fine
>
Who was "them" and why did they replace the belt?


If you put the transmission in neutral and push in on the clutch, does
the noise quit? If so, go to a different "them" than the folks that
wasted your money on a serpentine belt for a noise more likely to be
throwout bearing.

Lon

agent99 proclaimed:

> for the past week ive been hearing squilling under the hood. had them
> replace the belt and it still happenes... not all the time... usually if i
> put the clutch in it decreases.. then today it didnt squill at all... any
> ideas.. its a 1994 Jeep Wrangler. 150,000 miles.. cluth and shifthing is
> all working fine
>
Who was "them" and why did they replace the belt?


If you put the transmission in neutral and push in on the clutch, does
the noise quit? If so, go to a different "them" than the folks that
wasted your money on a serpentine belt for a noise more likely to be
throwout bearing.

agent99

So Jeff do you think I should have this bearing fixed?? I love my jeep..I
really hate to part with it.I dont want to go buy someones elses
problems.. . my husband had a stroke 6 years ago.. Im pretty much alone on
this Thanks for all the help guys!!

agent99

So Jeff do you think I should have this bearing fixed?? I love my jeep..I
really hate to part with it.I dont want to go buy someones elses
problems.. . my husband had a stroke 6 years ago.. Im pretty much alone on
this Thanks for all the help guys!!

agent99

So Jeff do you think I should have this bearing fixed?? I love my jeep..I
really hate to part with it.I dont want to go buy someones elses
problems.. . my husband had a stroke 6 years ago.. Im pretty much alone on
this Thanks for all the help guys!!

Jeffrey DeWitt

If that's what the problem is, you like the Jeep and plan on keeping it
then yes.

Basically what your looking at is a new clutch, most of expense is
taking everything apart and putting it back together again, so unless
the clutch is virtually new it would be a waste of money to replace the
bearing without replacing the clutch.

If you or someone were to listen under the Jeep with it running you can
probably tell pretty quickly if the noise is coming from the front or
closer to the middle where the clutch is.

If it's a 4.0 six the engine should be good for many more miles, also if
you or anyone has a habit of resting their foot on the clutch pedal that
can cause this problem, as can a lot of stop and go traffic.

Jeff DeWitt

agent99 wrote:
> So Jeff do you think I should have this bearing fixed?? I love my jeep..I
> really hate to part with it.I dont want to go buy someones elses
> problems.. . my husband had a stroke 6 years ago.. Im pretty much alone on
> this Thanks for all the help guys!!
>