Hello all, looking for advice on my 1996 Civic DX hatchback. It has a 5 speed manual transmission, with 152k miles.

I am concerned about what sounds like a bearing, here are the symptoms:

-grinds when the car is in neutral, with the clutch out. Goes away when I press the clutch in.
-I cant hear it when the car is moving.
-worse when its cold, and at first start. Quiets down if the car is warmed up for a while.
-Everything shifts fine.

I have heard that this can be due to the throwout bearing, however this bearing got replaced when I had the clutch replaced, and the sound did not go away. Another suggestion is the Input Shaft Bearing.

I realize that I might as well replace the tranny instead of the bearing, however, what I am curious about is, what happens if I keep driving on it? Does it slowly get worse until it breaks, or does it carry a risk of catastrophic damage?


Thanks in advance,
ether

 

have you checked the fluids in it?
eventually it will start jumping out of gear,(syncronizers go bad)
gear by gear.

 

Fluids are fine, it got flushed when the clutch got replaced last year, and has been checked every few months.

 

Those are the symptoms of your input shaft bearing slowly going bad; throwout bearing is when you push the clutch in you hear the noise.

 

Yo ether are you formally from EOCF? Im BigO from over there....

 

Yep, from EOCF, now at NBOC. Own two Civics that are getting older these days, and always looking for good resources for maintenance/repair....