Can a throw-out bearing wear out a clutch

[JTEK24]

I just did my 5spd tranny swap last year and bought a brand new exedy clutch but didnt replace the throw-out bearing to my knowledge and now my good friend who owns a repair shop is telling me that my clutch is going bad, I can still drive but its kind of sluggish through gears, not by shifting but by clutching and giving it gas. So he said its not the tranny but the clutch because he could hear the throw-out bearing loudly. So I just wanted some feed back on if this is true for my situation.

[HF22T]

im just gonna go out on a limb and say your friend is an idiot the throwout bearing is just that a bearing has nothing to do with clutch wear even if the bearing didnt spin like its supposed to the clutch wouldnt wear if this friend of yours owns a shop i wouldnt let him touch my car if i were you

[JTEK24]

im just gonna go out on a limb and say your friend is an idiot the throwout bearing is just that a bearing has nothing to do with clutch wear even if the bearing didnt spin like its supposed to the clutch wouldnt wear if this friend of yours owns a shop i wouldnt let him touch my car if i were you

Its funny that you say that because I called Exedy and the technical support people told me the exact same thing, but I'm going to take the tranny off and inspect it for myself. I just hope that I dont have to get another one and just get a throw-out to fix the problem. But I'll let you know once I get time to do it.

[NAiL05]

Think the only part I can see a TO bearing fucking up is your pressure plate when you ride the clutch or it comin apart with aftermarket ones nowadays since most are made out of some sort of plastic I use OEM TO bearing since its solid metal. I took off my pressure plate and my throwout bearing ate that shit which is no bueno. And yea unless your buddy fucked up on the clutch what were the symptoms anyway before saying a bad clutch if this was recent. Did you break it in?

[JTEK24]

Think the only part I can see a TO bearing fucking up is your pressure plate when you ride the clutch or it comin apart with aftermarket ones nowadays since most are made out of some sort of plastic I use OEM TO bearing since its solid metal. I took off my pressure plate and my throwout bearing ate that shit which is no bueno. And yea unless your buddy fucked up on the clutch what were the symptoms anyway before saying a bad clutch if this was recent. Did you break it in?

well when I put it in first and try to take off its very rough but once it gets going its fine and reverse its the same way but it takes the rpm way down from the usual way before this happened. I can here the TO really loud so thats what Im believe it is if it effects smooth clutching. And yeah I broke the clutch in, I didnt even get on it until like 1500 miles since I travel back and forth to school I thought it would do some good, especially in all that stop and go traffic every damn day. I do have a question though, did you get your TO from honda or an autoparts store and should I just go ahead and just get another clutch so I won't have to deal with it later?

[Accord R33]

I used the TOB that came with my XTD clutch...i hope its ok! it felt like good quality..was definitly metal, not plastic.

[JTEK24]

I dont even remember if it was plastic or not. I just need to know where I can get a metal one besides a genuine honda dealer.

[Accord R33]

whats wrong with a genuine honda dealer?

[cp[mike]]

making noise or not, the TOB will do its job unless #1. it falls apart into multiple pieces or #2. it was grinding against the pressure plate for so long that it wore through the release fingers.

both are unlikely, and your friend is an idiot. while bad shifting may be worn clutch related, its definately not because of your loud throwout bearing.

[JTEK24]

making noise or not, the TOB will do its job unless #1. it falls apart into multiple pieces or #2. it was grinding against the pressure plate for so long that it wore through the release fingers.

both are unlikely, and your friend is an idiot. while bad shifting may be worn clutch related, its definately not because of your loud throwout bearing.

So what would you suggest mike?

[HF22T]

i woudl suggest learing how to drive b4 saying its mechanical give us the symptoms so we can help you

[JTEK24]

i woudl suggest learing how to drive b4 saying its mechanical give us the symptoms so we can help you

I do know "how" to drive, I've been driving manuals for 9 years and never had a problem like this before so that was a dumb statement. And for the symptoms have you been reading the posts, whats your deal man? WTF!

[NAiL05]

I used the TOB that came with my XTD clutch...i hope its ok! it felt like good quality..was definitly metal, not plastic.

lol i must have gotten a bad one i was playing with mine when I first got my clutch and was able to rip it apart with my bare hands lol....And yea the TO bearing I got from Honda. Whoever did your clutch work or if it was yourself you should double check it and such. You grease up the forks and the shaft the to bearing sits on? USually greasing them will take that noise away. Your pressure plate might be effed up if its not "catching as well" as I found out when I was swappin out my trans lol Damn Luks clutches pressure plate was takin a shit on me but the clutch disk was fine lol.

[Maple50175]

When i had my bros clutch done yesteday we just used the durlast one that came with the clutch kit.

yeahhh

[d112crzy]

with throw out bearings, ALWAYS go with honda oem.