# Clutch Noise **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-noise/83602 "2005-02-11T15:08:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DePhrag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@DePhrag](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DePhrag)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-noise/83602/1 "2005-02-11T15:08:31Z")
Hey Guys, I’ve noticed just lately that whenever my car is in 1st/3rd/5th gear (being the upper located gears), that there is a light metalic whirring… it sounds just like a cd spinning when its first loaded. That’s initially what I thought it was at first!.. It’s not serious sounding, but I’m always paro and would like to catch any problems before they arise… Is this a symptom of a flywhell needing to be resurfaced?.. or please god no, my clutch going bad? Any thoughts?? Thx James ---
**Author:** ![Twitchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@Twitchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twitchy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-noise/83602/2 "2005-02-11T23:11:57Z")
bah, changing a clutch in a 240 is no big thing really, just get a good mechanic, i think its 4 hours labor if it was your flywheel it wouldnt prefer making noise in some gears as opposed to others. i honestly dont know but i gave up trying to figure out every funny noise my car made a long time ago. My advice? Get some good speakers… ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-noise/83602/3 "2005-02-12T05:52:06Z")
> [@Twitchy](#): > > bah, changing a clutch in a 240 is no big thing really, just get a good mechanic, i think its 4 hours labor > > if it was your flywheel it wouldnt prefer making noise in some gears as opposed to others. > > i honestly dont know but i gave up trying to figure out every funny noise my car made a long time ago. > > My advice? Get some good speakers… Wow, this is the kind of blatant ignorant advice we really don’t need. When I started my clutch swap, there was nothing more then a whole lot of false information and advice floating around. Enough to make you question more then once what you are doing is actually right or wrong. Given the parts, tools, assistance and know how, sure a clutch job can be done in a few hours. But for a beginner, make sure you have a weekend prepared. There are several parts involved in doing a proper clutch swap which you will not have readily available. I’m currently doing my clutch swap (started mid-Jan and still not done). I’ve pretty much documented all the crap I had to go through and I’ll probablly post a writeup so others don’t have to go through the crap I did. If you have the $, get a mechanic to do it. My guess is they’ll easily charge you $500+ for a clutch swap. ---
**Author:** ![Pavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pavel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pavel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-noise/83602/4 "2005-02-12T06:46:20Z")
Are you running a short shifter? Are you 100% sure that it’s the clutch? ---
**Author:** ![Twitchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@Twitchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twitchy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-noise/83602/5 "2005-02-12T08:16:56Z")
I dont see what i posted that was ignorant- my mechanic said he can change the clutch in 4 hours and has done it before in this time. Your guess of $500 to have it changed is about right as long as the clutch is bought for about $150 meaning labor at around $87 per hour… I think you might find cheaper labor than that. ---
**Author:** ![NiTeRiDeR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@NiTeRiDeR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NiTeRiDeR)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-noise/83602/6 "2005-02-12T09:49:02Z")
release bearing ?