Okay Socal friends I need a good shop in OC to work on my transmission. It started making noise in 1st gear, then 1st and second and now I can hear it in 3rd. If I let out the clutch, I can especially hear it spinning when it's cold. I'm thinking it might be a bearing, but I haven't found any help online. I'll probably need to change my clutch when it's out, since it is also original. Any good shops that you could recommend?

 

autoink in westminster. right behind asian garden mall on bishop and bolsa.

 

Well, the noise got worse quickly, so I took it to Saddleback Transmissions and I was right, it was a bearing on the mainshaft, but everything else looked okay-the clutch was only about 40% worn! New throwout bearing and motor mount-since they have to drop the whole assembly and it was worn...Can't wait to get it back tomorrow-except for the bill...

 

omg. im scared now! I'm at 110k miles and my throwout has been making noises!! let me know how much u ended up paying

 

Well, only one bearing was bad-on the mainshaft bearings okay, but inner race was galled, and the throwout bearing was loose and noisy, so my whole tranny was inspected and rebuilt $1100 later, it's nice and quiet again.