It may, if the the throwout bearing is adjusted so that it is resting on the clutch fingers.
Not sure if your model has an access cover that you can take off, but if you can reach in and spin the face of the throwout bearing and it is rough - that is your problem (or one of them).
The long and the short of it is that the trans has to come out to fix it - if it is the throwout bearing or the input shaft bearing.
