clutch release bearing help please

Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:09 pm

ive a whirring on operating the clutch and have been told its the clutch release bearing on my 325i---anyone any advice on how easy/difficult to do???---i know it means the gearbox out but is this difficult aswell--me and my old man have done loads on cars-but never a gearbox----sorry just to clarify-its whirring while its stood still-when i depress the clutch it goes.

Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:24 pm

Chances are you're hearing the typical layshaft bearing rattle that afflicts E30 gearboxes.
I would expect a duff clutch release bearing to protest loudly when the clutch is operated.

Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:27 pm

so its a common problem bud???----and is it gonna hurt it to leave it alone-or is it do-able???----sorry for all the questions

Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:17 pm

any other opinions on this??

Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:23 pm

When I done my engine swap i changed my bearing, but it made the same noise but even louder!

I been actually thinking of some how getting some oil on it by taking the slave cylinder off? just and idea though.

I guess to take the gear box off is a bit of a job you would need around 3 feet of extensions to get to the gearbox bolts!

Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:14 pm

SilverShadow wrote: I been actually thinking of some how getting some oil on it by taking the slave cylinder off? just and idea though.

Great idea lots of slippery oil all adjacent to your clutch

Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:20 pm

just been out and its getting worse / the cluch peddel is juddering>
still only makes noise when cluch is depressed???? help

Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:12 pm

help??????---its doin me head in!!

Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:14 pm

Sounds like clutch o'clock.

Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:23 pm

wouldnt it slip etc-as that side of things seems fine?

Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:52 pm

bump

Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:09 pm

if the clutch pedal is juddering at idle when not pressed down it sounds like your release bearing as it happened to me a while a go and when i took the gear box my bearing was in two pieces

Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:19 pm

thanks alot

Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:54 pm

Pyros wrote:if the clutch pedal is juddering at idle when not pressed down it sounds like your release bearing

Has had it!

Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:52 pm

shane21 wrote: just to clarify-its whirring while its stood still-when i depress the clutch it goes.

only makes noise when clutch is depressed????

Make your mind up! Which is it??
If the noise occurs when the pedal is pressed, then it is the release bearing.

Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:19 am

d'oh!!!!----its just doin it all the time--if i put my foot on the clutch pedal while the engine is running it kinda feels like its juddering-the the noise gets worse when i press the pedal---its buggered i gather!!

Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:02 am

shane21 wrote:d'oh!!!!----its just doin it all the time--if i put my foot on the clutch pedal while the engine is running it kinda feels like its juddering-the the noise gets worse when i press the pedal---its buggered i gather!!

The only way to find out exactly what is wrong is to remove the gearbox
Anything else will be pure speculation.

Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:38 am

gearbox coming out at the weekend so yeh i'll find out n due course-thanks for the replies