blownbayou

Looks like I joined the club!!!!!! I got a nice little belt squeak like sound and it goes away when I put little pressure on the clutch. My question is how long will it last before it craps out and what will it do WHEN it craps out (strand me on the road??). Did some looking last night and it seems the average install price for this is around 300-400 dollars. Does that sound right?????

Gimme your opinions and suggestions on this topic

Appreciate you

Later

rbstang

ive had that humming noise in neutral since i 35,000 miles... and i have 55,000 miles and its still humming. i can start to feel the clutch starting to go so prob sometime before 60,000 im gonna replace clutch, to-bearing, and flywheel.
400 buck is about right
4 hrs @ $100/hr

Dan04COBRA

A quick possible fix for the TO bearing is a firewall clutch adjuster.

Everyone calls them something different, but a quick search on google and you'll find one.

It depends on how bad the TOB is, but the adjuster could completely solve the issue.

Derf00

not if the TO is really going out or defective. I tried something similar and while it took care of it for like a week, it came back. (the sound). This was when I was at my wits end after 8 months of PITA dealership dealings. While NHTSA has complaints on it, it was never turned into a TSB by Ford.

Dealership finally got it right on the 4th try (in 8 months) replaced the TO bearing AND the Pressure plate. No problems now and my tranny shifts easier on the freeway from 4th to 5th so perhaps they addressed something else while they were in there too. Luckily I never had to pay for the last three times of replacement and got a free rental car each time since I had them do my clutch back in October. It was all warranty work.