Rob13288

I have a 03 Mustang GT. stick shift. sometimes when i touch the clutch it makes a weird humming sound. just pressing my foot lightly. If i apply more pressure it stops until i put my foot all the way down and it is a little louder. the closest thing i can pin it to is when you overstart your car. but quieter than that. Can someone help >?

Rob13288

just to let you kno it only has 18000 miles on it

code3GT

Throw out bearing?

98MustangSTL

I would say throw out bearing. So, it makes the sound when the clutch is engaged or disengaged?

wwmost

mine makes a humming noise when i go from 3rd to 2nd and from 2nd to 1st.

rbstang

put car in netural and if you hear a humming noise your throwout bearing sucks. just like mine and 100000 other people on this forum.

wwmost

what does your throwout bearing do? is it prone to breaking alot?

monkeydude3

yeah the ford TOBs suck a$$.


it serves as a point where the clutch can touch the release fork... IE it is a bearing so the spinning motion spins the bearing not the fork...

when you push the clutch down, the cable pulls on the fork, the fork pushes on the TOB and the TOB pushes on the clutch

Rob13288

When i am in netural and i go to put the clutch down to go into first it makes a squeaky sound then if i let go and stay in netural and barley even touch the clutch it makes the sound. those r the only times it happens. how much do those bearing cost if it is that and what causes these to go bad. also could it be the clutch going bad?

96cobra10101

If my car didn't make wierd noises everytime it drove I would think something is wrong with it.