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Only had the car about one month and there are afew strange sounds that maybe someone here has encountered before.

NO:1, at idle, sounds sort of like a thrust bearing, but not as loud and high pitched, when the clutch is pushed in it goes away!

NO:2 when breaking just before the car stops (last 5 meters or so) the front left brake is making a "grating" sound and "feels" rough thru the pedal.

any help would be much apreciated!

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i have the same noise with #2. Just when pulling up at lights for the last 10m there is a bit of a scraping noise, its not too bad, but i am gonna get it sused. When I bought it the guy said its had the discs machined and new pads. The discs feel pretty smooth, must be the pads...

yes it will make the noise in neutral, if you press the clutch it will disappear.....

i am afraid it is rather costly, so as i said if it isnt too loud dont worry, but if you insist get your gearbox rebuilt, i guess it will cost $2000 or more.

If it's the input bearing it will make a noise in neutral with the clutch out because you have:

engine -> clutch -> gearbox -> diff/road

gearbox has an input and output shaft, normally these are engaged in a gear but they're not connected in neutral - but with the clutch out the engine's still connected to the input side of things so the input shaft will spin with the engine.

Have a look at howstuffworks.com, pics will help.

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