HELP Please: Thrust bearing and maybe clutch..

[JM_16v]

Right i had like a grinding noise when i accelrate and let off in 1st and 2nd.

if i push my foot on the clutch the noise disappears

SO thats the thrust bearing i take it? is it a hard job once the box is off? how much?

also i find it hard to push into gear only very ocastionally, is this the thrust bearing, the clutch never slips.

[Dave-R]

Yes, that's more than likely your thrust bearing (aka release bearing).

It's like a grinding/whooshing noise? You can hear it in neutral and stops when you put your foot on the clutch? Sounds like a bag of nails under the bonnet?

New clutch you're look at around £65-75 (my Valeo clutch cost me £75 inc. VAT). Labour, anywhere between £120-£150 from a friendly local mechanic.

I found it sometimes hard to get my car in to gear when my release bearing was knackered and since I've had a new clutch fitted, it seems a lot easier. However that may just be all in my head!

[JM_16v]

i was told a clutch was fitted recently when i bought the car

i cant hear anything in neutral

[chompy]

may be woth checking your gearbox oil :)

[pugsport]

you dont have to buy a hole new clutch if you look on ebay then there was a few new thrust bearings on there.

but if they said it had been done and it aint would be well worth doing the lot anyway

[Dave-R]

Haven't you got any invoices to show a) a new clutch was purchased and b) the work was carried out?

[JM_16v]

guy was a pug mechanic so did alot of stuff off the books if that makes sense, i couldnt find any thrust bearings on there own on ebay?

gearbox oil was changed on monday this week when i did the driveshaft :)

[Jeffers]

Get the release baring sorted asap, especially if it starts to sqeak !

otherwise this happens

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/clio_jeffers/DSC00034.jpg

Its really easy to get the box off the release baring sits on the shaft you can see in the pic