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wiski

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Several months ago, I had my clutch replaced. It turned out that the throw-out bearing was bad and started making noise. (a slight ticking that went away when I pressed down on the clutch) Needless to say, I returned to the garage that did the work and made them swap it out. (they say they installed a new clutch kit) A while ago I noticed the noise again, but the clicking sound goes away when I put my foot on the clutch. I don't even need to put any pressure on it, just a little bit and it is silent again. I took the car back to the garage again and they took another look at it along with their parts salesperson Anyways the explaination they gave me was that this was not the throw-out bearing since I don' t have to acutally engauge the clutch for the noise to go away, just touch the pedal. They said that Ford knows about this noise and they fixed it by redesigning the clutch fork. Unless I wanted to put a new clutch fork in, I'd just have to live with the noise. I'm sorry but I don't buy that. Anyone have any hints for me?
 

MahFiVeOh

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Check this thread out...might help ya a bit.Mine has been doing this for the past 2 1/2 yrs or so.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=434652
 

wiski

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I'll try the preload trick. I'm NOT into dropping the tranny ... I would have turned up my stereo, but 4 weeks ago someone stole everything .... take note setting your alarm means NOTHING. (they pulled my battery terminals off)
 
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ok i had the exact same problem for 3 years, turns out that the bearing retainer that the throw out bearing goes onto, was tatally warped, i replaced it and no more noise!!
 

HISSIN50

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and if you want, stick a battery back up on the alarm in the future (too late now, but........). even if the undo the battery, it is still self powered and keeps the alarm functioning, including the starter protection. back up alarms are normally around 30 bucks.
 
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blk92stangg

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I would vote for a little pre load also. Without the preload, and clutch fork/ throwout bearing can bounce off the fingers of the pressure plate and make noise. It could also be the clutch fork rattling around too.
 
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