Can anyone tell me what the signs of a worn throwout bearing would be. My clutch seems to have something wrong and its only got about 16K miles on it but the boneheads never replaced that bearing. It doesn't engage smoothly for the most part. Its almost like as you release the pedal, it reaches a certain point and then just grabs. I can sometimes hear a metallic clink when pushing the pedal in and out moving at low speeds too. Sometimes the tranny gets semi-stuck in reverse after parking and its nots always smooth going into gear (more so in 1st and 2nd).
When in gear and driving its perfect, no slip or noise etc.
Sorry for the long post but wanted to put as much info as I could. Would love some opinions before I decide to take it to a shop, (this job is out of my time frame)
Thanks in advance.

Make sure that the clutch pedal bracket isn't cracked. That will cause similar issues you described. The metal of the bracket will actually move as you use the pedal. Lots of posts on it here with your generation of truck.

Yeah, I've seen that, but mine's fine. The pedal pressure etc is good too, master cylinder rebuilt not that long ago.

I have seen the fork crack as well .. you might check that out , although you might not be able to see ..


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Bad throw out bearings usually Howl,or make some kind of a noise when you push in the clutch.

It does make a sort of ticking noise when the pedal is pushed, and it goes away when it fully released. Not very loud though.

Well it's just a matter of time and she'll be howling.
But drive it until it gets loud, or until look at you when you drive by..

I forgot to mention that it will chatter sometimes when starting off too, if that means anything. Thanks for the responses guys.

Chattering usually means a weak pressure plate.

So you looking at the whole thing.
resurface flywheel, Clutch disk and throw out bearing.

When I purchased my pickup it had the whole set with it.

I purchased a complete engine from a local speed shop and dropped it in and replaced everything.
So I don't know what is involved in doing an install.

Ralph..

Last time I had the clutch done (about 20K km ago) it had a new flywheel and a new clutch fork from Toyota put in. The only thing they didn't do was the bearing (my bad for assuming it would be replaced since it was opened up and they're fairly cheap). I haven't even been off road with it since. Very frustrating. Could just be a s**t OEM clutch kit I guess.
Anyone see any problems with just going with it as is for as long as I can get out of it?