ok, so besides me finding out that my rack is screwed, i heard another weird not a saturday evening. when i push in the clutch i hear a whining noise...
Is this the release bearing ?
When i take my foot off the clutch, the noise disappears...
Guide me 'O E30'ers!!!!
Help, release bearing ??
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Brianmoooore
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That will be the release bearing making the noise, but without hearing it, it's difficult to say whether its faulty or not.
Usualy replaced as part of a complete clutch assembly for about Ԛ£100 + fitting.
Usualy replaced as part of a complete clutch assembly for about Ԛ£100 + fitting.
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fannyj
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so should rather just wait for the clutch to pack up first...
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Widge
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It's a characteristic of BMW's of this age that the bearing makes a kinda not grinding but rattling noise at idle with the clutch pedal up, it is normal just the bearing vibrating on the shaft as it has no load on it. Without hearing it it's impossible to tell how bad it is, but my brothers cab sounds like a marble in a coke can and works fine, just wait till it either gets difficult to push the clutch down or the clutch goes.