chirping throwout bearing question

stangbear427 said:

Yeah, it's not a bad article. I'd say he's encountered 90% of the possibilities in the Fox clutch world and addressed them there, so it's a better read than most on the subject, but far from complete. Regardless, if you TB is chirping already then something is wrong. Either something wasn't done right, or it's defective (happens more than you'd think). That's it's way of telling you it's about to STB, and they usually don't do it for a long time. TB's typically outlive clutch discs in most Mustangs, with the exception of the stock assemblies on the old 10" ones. Sorry piece of luck to be sure, but you'll have to rip it back out if you want to shut it up. It shouldn't do major damage if you keep driving it, depending on what the problem/defect is. If it seizes up or grenades, you could have a small mess on your hands- but you've got some miles before you need too worry abouut that. I'd say don't park the car over it, but address it at your next to earliest convenience. Give a call to the tech support who made your clutch, it never hurts. You may get a new package out of the deal.

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