classicalbass

Well, I once had a farm truck that ran for a year with a bad throw-out bearing. Just very annoying to listen to. IMO it's not an emergency.

Sounds like a throw-out bearing to me, especially if it goes away when your foot is completely off the clutch pedal.

I think I will just live with it for awhile, until the sound gets much worse. I just won't take it on long trips. Thanks for your input.

Thanks, George! Do you mean you have the downloaded pages from the Subaru manual that would apply to the '95 Legacy? That would be very helpful. You may send me an email through the members list and I will send you my email address. What I need are the specific illustrations, I've rebuilt quite a few transmissions when I was younger so I don't need much hand holding. You said a "LITTLE" roughness. That's what I suspect, that just a little roughness can cause a lot of noise. And that tempts me to just live with it. But then there is the possibility that there IS enough "malalignment" to cause abnormal wear patterns on the gear faces, and that is a matter for concern. Keith, by engaged I mean clutch disk is connected to the flywheel and pressure plate; the transmission is engaged to the engine and the main shaft is spinning. The noise does not relate to shifter, it makes no difference which way it leans.

I'm new to this forum and have a question about my '95 Legacy Wagon with 148K miles. Over the last year a "whirring" noise from the transmission has been gradually getting louder, and to me it sounds like a mainshaft bearing with excessive wear. The noise occurs as soon as the clutch is engaged, even in neutral with the car stationary. The noise is worse in the lower gears and less noticeable in 5th, although that may be due to road noise. Interestingly, the noise disappears completely during deceleration at all speeds, which makes me wonder if it is a thrust bearing. I do my own mechanical work (and have for 40+ years) but for a second opinon I took this to a friend's mechanic who works on Subarus, and he also thought it was a mainshaft bearing issue. Has anyone experienced this? I have a Chilton's manual, but it has no transaxle details. Does the Haynes manual include it? If not I think I will download the FSM PDFs from techinfo.subaru.com. Any other ideas? Does anyone have a good transmission to sell? Thanks.