So i left my car for a week at the dealer to check a sound coming from the front. It seem's metallic and does it just when i depress the clutch and torque is applied (as the car moves forward).
These are the videos i made yesterday after getting my car back from the dealership. They changed the spring and bolt set from the downpipe section and tough it was done but as i left the car was making the exact same sound.....
I called the dealer this morning to tell them that it did not change a thing and they want me to wait until they can think of a possibility. I told them that in my opinion it could be related to the clutch springs but they dont want to take it apart if they are not sure of the part that has to be replaced.....
What do you guys think??

 

Axel or wheel bearing

 

Yea i was leaning towards axle or wheel bearing most likely. If you can jack up the car all around see if you can get it to replicate the sound while your under it to get a better idea where its coming from exactly.

 

I would be very surprised of a wheel bearing. I do not have any looseness in my wheels and it does not do it while turning at all. It is only when I depress ( engage) the clutch. I thought maybe the suspension because of the movement of the car since it is starting to move but I would be extremely surprised.. I have just now noticed that when I press the clutch (disengage) I can here it too. I really think it comes from the clutch or the pressure plate...

 

only with clutch in? maybe TOB? i can't view the vids from work.. but they don't usually help me anyway LOL

 

Clutch in yes but at engagement and disengagement. What do you mean by TOB

 

throw out bearing. but now that i think about it.. they usually make noise with no load. just tossing out ideas. maybe one will stick LOL

 

Exactly the bearing would make the noise when I have the clutch pedal fully pressed. I have had a bad bearing on another mirage and I remember it. This is not at all the same. Like I said this is really only at the moment the clutch engaged en disengages. At the friction point. And for the suspension I am sure it is not it because when I am rolling it does not make a sound... By the way I have heard it when passing second and third gear but at higher speeds I don't hear it because of the rolling of the car..

 

ooh. so nothing with pedal all the way up or all the way in, just during travel up and down?

 

What clutch is in the car?

 

It is only at direct engagement and disengagement of the clutch. Friction point. It is the original clutch

 

i think i got it now.
is the clutch old enough that you could be out of friction material and be running the pad's rivets on the PP and flywheel?

 

It grips. This is why I would be very surprised of this possibility..