I have never looked that close at a manual, BUT, I have changed multitudes of clutches over the years and never had an issue. That said, I would assume it may be marked if it was a completely balanced rotating assembly but, once the flywheel has been resurfaced, I bet the X is gone! If you have noise coming from the clutch, with your foot off the clutch pedal, it is more than likely because the throwout bearing is hitting the clutch and causing chatter. There should be just enough play that it should not touch the clutch as the engine is running, unless y our foot is depressing the pedal to dis-engage it.
It is not a chatter like what would come from a TO bearing, it is a loud gear-sounding noise. It doesn’t happen when I let out the clutch, it’s when I am accelerating under load. Way too loud to be a TO bearing. Sounds more like a transmission gear noise. At first, i thought it was caused by the rear end, but when I drove it again, it was obviously coming from the front trans area.
Makes me think I either got the flywheel in there out of balance or maybe the transmission.
The original clutch & flywheel have those X marks so you can put the plate back in the same balanced position as original. The original clutch is long gone by now. I do not think your problem has anything to do with clutch or flywheel balance. George
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It is not a chatter like what would come from a TO bearing, it is a loud gear-sounding noise. It doesn’t happen when I let out the clutch, it’s when I am accelerating under load. Way too loud to be a TO bearing. Sounds more like a transmission gear noise. At first, i thought it was caused by the rear end, but when I drove it again, it was obviously coming from the front trans area.
Makes me think I either got the flywheel in there out of balance or maybe the transmission.
I’ll try and take a video tomorrow.
I've seen starter drives gears make contact under acceleration due to worn fork, etc.
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I'm thinking it might be the front bearing on the input shaft or roller brgs between the input shaft & mainshaft in the trans. Check the grease in the trans. & see if it is silvery color. George
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They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne Super In the Gallery Forum
