Clutch throw out bearing (release bearing) noise

The sound of a dying release bearing is akin to running over a full grown chupacabra and her pups (don't ask me how I know what running over a chupacabra sounds like.. it's noisy, a mess, and smells like an old mink farm). Intermittent and extremely  frightening to little old Lady's driving along side, the noise only gets worse, louder and more embarrassing.

If you are young and single, driving a ZR-1 in this condition will not attract girls any more than driving a convertible Sibring.  If you are old and single, good hell don't drive it!  You are screwed in so many other ways you don't need to add this to the list.  If you are married, well that's another story.

After a few weeks enduring the "shrieking" throw out bearing I finally coughed up the money to get it fixed.
Not wanting to cough really hard, I let the mechanic re-surface the old dual mass fly wheel by hand.  My mechanic Rich, did an exceptional job of doing what most say can't be done.  Using a long board, he sanded off the high spots, put in a new Spec clutch along with a new release bearing (not the bushing that comes with the clutch) and put it back together.  Although a bit jerky initially, after about 200 miles the clutch settled down and is now quite drivable.  Spec clutches do make some engagement chatter but that has calmed down a bit too.

In hind-sight I would have just put in a new bearing and called it good.  My ZR-1 only has about 28k on it and the old clutch was only about half gone.  That would have lasted for at least another15k miles.  When this clutch fails (probably prematurely) I will step into the world of a single mass flywheel.  Probably aluminum and weighing only 10 pounds.  I will then put on a sprung clutch to help the idle chatter that is sure to appear.

In conclusion, ZR-1's are magnificent cars, albeit a bit spendy to fix.
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