# Bad TO Bearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 5, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565 "2009-02-05T20:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/1 "2009-02-05T20:19:08Z")
I’ve noticed that my car is making an odd noise. At first I thought it was just when it was cold, but it seems to be a bit more constant after a few days of listening intently. When the car is in neutral, all is kosher. When I push in the clutch, I hear a sound. The best I can describe it is a constant scraping sound? A low hum perhaps? It occurs as soon as I tough the clutch pedal, almost instantly, which seems odd that at such a low amount of travel it would be doing much of anything. The only thing that I could come up with was a TO bearing possibly going bad? Any other thoughts. I’ve never had one go bad before, I’ve even reinstalled them with 100k+ on previous cars when I’ve received the wrong part with a new clutch :banghead: From what I’m hearing it is more common for a bad TO bearing noise to go away when the clutch is depressed and come back when idling in gear. :shrug: Thoughts are appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![mechanicalmadness](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mechanicalmadness/32/5022_2.png) [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/2 "2009-02-05T20:24:59Z")
What kind of car? usually if you push in the clutch and get a metal to metal noise its a To bearing. though it could also be play in the input shaft of the tranny. but that is almost allways followed by some other nasty problems from the trans. with that said my cash is on the TO bearing. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/3 "2009-02-05T20:26:54Z")
2005 Legacy GT, car has around 65k on it right now, always been maintained properly but is stage 2 (for whatever that is worth). I don’t abuse it, and the miles are probably 80% highway miles. ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/4 "2009-02-05T20:28:30Z")
New car? Warranty? If so, set it and forget it. They might actually charge you for the part… How many miles? edit- you just beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/5 "2009-02-05T20:35:04Z")
> [@Pass McGass](#): > > New car? Warranty? > > If so, set it and forget it. They might actually charge you for the part… > > How many miles? > > edit- you just beat me to it. :mamoru: Old car. No more warranty. I’m well past the age of where I find it enjoyable to drop AWD transmissions on my chest in the garage. I would really prefer this not be something that required the tranny to drop. Anyone with suggestions on how my foot is interfering with the radio will be handsomely rewarded. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/6 "2009-02-05T21:37:38Z")
Yeah, TOB usually are loud when the clutch is not depressed. ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/7 "2009-02-05T22:10:50Z")
its most likely TOB owned :gay2: ---
**Author:** ![mechanicalmadness](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mechanicalmadness/32/5022_2.png) [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/8 "2009-02-06T02:52:16Z")
Wait a minute. The noise is coming from your radio or tranny? ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/9 "2009-02-06T15:29:28Z")
:lol: My transmission… I don’t have a tranny? Was still there today. I can’t imagine what else between my foot and the transmission would cause a noise, it really only could be a TOB I’d think? ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/10 "2009-02-06T20:53:27Z")
Subaru transmissions are garbage… honestly. I really wouldn’t be suprised if it was a TO bearing. I have no knowledge about that kind of stuff but I know my WRX had beat syncros which was a common problems with all manual subarus at that time. ---
**Author:** ![rojaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@rojaul](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rojaul)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/11 "2009-02-19T19:21:07Z")
I had a similar thing on a saturn, I would get a weird vibration/sound when I would touch the clutch pedal. I thought TO bearing. It eventually got much louder, and one day the diff pin went through the side of the housing. When I took it apart the clutch and TO were fine. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/12 "2009-02-19T19:51:48Z")
One more vote for TOB. Like you said, not much else it could be. ---
**Author:** ![\_91DA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_91da/32/5332_2.png) [@\_91DA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_91DA)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-to-bearing/62565/13 "2009-02-19T20:52:15Z")
anytime ive ever heard of a TOB going bad, there is a chattering noise when the clutch is NOT depressed and when there is any pressure applied to the pedal the noise either goes away or gets much quieter right away