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• Throw out bearing by Baselyne on 17 Mar, 2008 15:50
• I was wondering are throw out bearings the same in MK1 gasser an diesels?
  
  secondly Does anyone know what happends when the throw out bearing starts to wear on vw mk1 trans
  
  noise, sounds? slipping? there a feel in the clutch pedal?
  please help
  
  i had the thro out bearing go on another car and I swaer this car im driving now seems like the same things going on....The other car I had this happen to was not a vw
• #1 by RabbitJockey on 17 Mar, 2008 17:36
• the throw out bearings on these usually don't go bad because they are in the back of the transmission where the green cap is and are constantly soaked in the trans oil.  they can go bad tho, and yes they are the same gas or diesel, the whole transmission is the same.
• #2 by Baselyne on 18 Mar, 2008 06:54
• when my engines running and I have the car in neutral there is a grinding noise that I can feel thru the clutch pedal
  
  when i push in the clutch pedal the noise stops and the feeling in the foot goes away untill i release my clutch pedal
  
  Ive checked for 15mm of pedal freeplay, im just not sure if the throw out bearing is going or.....have I in correctly adjusted the pedal?
  
  the trani feels good when i drive it down the road and has no problem but that grinding at idle
  
  please help
• #3 by Baselyne on 23 Mar, 2008 02:44
• I edited the above post
• #4 by Vincent Waldon on 23 Mar, 2008 10:44
• One word:
  
  
  www.brokevw.com
  
  
  The throwout bearing is both cheap and easy to replace... so I'd suggest replacing it and seeing what happens... tranny/clutch noises can be tricky to isolate.
• #5 by Baselyne on 23 Mar, 2008 12:31
• perfectly put thanks, I understand now and im sure that's part of the problem