whinning noise before clutch

[EVL20V]

on ae101 gt apex,

slight whinning noise (noticable) when in neutral sitting there, put the clutch pedal in like 1" (not disengaging/engaging clutch) and it goes away, and when decelerating when revs drop from 2.5k to 1k theres a weird whinning also. any ideas? cheers

[rwd_mayhem]

sorry i don't know the answer but my car does this also, doesn't seem to effect it though.

[sergei]

release bearing siezed/about to sieze.

[EVL20V]

oh yay

whats the procedure for this? cheers for ya help

race car demands more time for tinkering but this suddenly popd up on the levin

[Punter]

Drop the gearbox and change it, its just clipped onto the clutch fork.

[Ae92typeX]

could also be input shaft bearing if you can hear in neutral with foot not on clutch. that could explain the noise when on the move also

[d1 mule]

yeah thats what i was gonna say, the input bearing, which is in the gearbox, shouyld be just a couple of bolts to get it out tho. the release bearing is on the fork which presses on th fingers of pressure plate

[rollaholic]

could also be input shaft bearing if you can hear in neutral with foot not on clutch. that could explain the noise when on the move also

my money is on the input shaft bearing too

edit - but if you are taking the gearbox out you might as well do the release bearing too.