Do any 06 WRX owners have problems with the throw out bearings? I just recently upgraded my clutch with an ACT street clutch and street light flywheel. I had it installed and two weeks later i started hearing the chatter of the bearing. Went back to the shop and they replaced it with a new bearing for no extra charge. I've now had the car for a couple days since the install and I'm getting the chatter again. I know for sure its the bearing but I was just wondering if anybody had the same experiance or if anybody has an idea what can by causing the repetition of this incident? Any Help or input is greatly appreciated.

 

Help anybody???

 

anybody????

 

Does it whine louder as you get higher in the RPMs?
Does it go away when you disengage the clutch?
From what I remember throw bearings whine.

 

Yeah the whine goes away when I engage the clutch and i only hear it when I'm at a stop or idle. There's no noise when i"m driving.

 

is it an aluminum or steel lightened flywheel?

 

its the ACT streetlight flywheel.

 

Update: Now the noise has gotten worse and i can hear it all the way up through third gear. It still goes away when i put the clutch in though. Please some body help me out. I'm so F@#*ing frustrated. I don't know what to do. What makes it worse is i don't really have money laying around or alse i'd swap for the 6 speed.

 

have the shop warrenty it

 

might as well get used to the flywheel making a **** ton of noises.

Mine does the same. Hear it at idle but goes away when depressed. A lot of other people with lightened flywheels will tell you the same.

But since you have a 5 speed I would still look at the TOB since its not connected to the clutch like the 6 speed versions....Which of course the shop could have just forgot about it when they pulled the tranny.

 

See the thing is they installed the clutch and the noise started a week after. So i went back and they changed the TOB with a new one. then a couple days after that i got the noise again so they called ACT and they told the shop to adjust the clutch and thats what they did. It was fine and then after about 2 or 3 weeks the noise came back. Lately it's gotten worse though cause like i said on the update not only do i hear it at idle but also when I'm accelerating all the way up through 3rd or 4th gear. So I really don't know. I've gone online to try to find answers but everything pints to the TOB.