Quote Originally Posted by aaronng View Post
The gearbox won't self destruct when the bearing siezes, but in the worst case, there will be friction on the input shaft since the bearing is not rotating.
Thanks aaronng.... thing is, I've learnt now how to release the clutch to avoid it making this noise and it only happens up hills. So in ur best opinion, if this was u, would u bother getting it fixed now at 75K with the clutch most likely still having a bit of life left in it or would u wait till smething breaks and just go in there and replace the bearing and the clutch all at once at a later stage ? I know its a hard question, I've just had a mechanic tell me " if it aint broke dont bother wasting money to fixing it " and at the momement it isnt actually broken and for all I know could last another 2 or 3 years the way it is ?? arghhhh what to doooo