So i took my tranny apart in pursuit of a grinding noise that occured when i pushed in my clutch. Turns out that the TO bearing took a crap which caused my clutch fork to grind agains the pressure plate as seen in the pictures.







Which leads me to my next question if you guys think that this clutch disk looks alright to reuse. Previous owner had new one installed about 15,000 miles ago, im not sure the make or model of the clutch. First look to me is that it looks fine but ive never seen a new clutch so I have nothing to compare it too. I dont have enough money to dump on a new clutch, im a starving college student haha

 

A new T/O bearing is gonna cost you around $100-$120 itself. You can get a an aftermarket style clutch set at Advance for aroud $230. Myself, I would rather spend the extra $100 and get all new stuff.

 

It looks ok to me to reuse if you are short of cash.

Rich

 

Alright thanks alot guys, im gunna go locate a new TO bearing today and start getting it back together

 

I just had the exact same problem. The root cause for me was a broken retainer (the tube that the TO bearing rides on and the input shaft goes through). I bought a TO bearing at advanceauto.com - it was like $113, it was a federal mogul.