On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, David Most wrote:

> Could a bad pilot or throwout bearing ("bad" meaning a gurgling noise was
> regularly heard with the clutch pedal depressed) have gotten "worse"
> leading to the shifting problem that I describe above and in my prior
> e-mail (urgent shifting problem)?

If the pilot bearing seizes, you can't disengage the clutch.  It will feel
normal but the transmission input shaft and the crankshaft will still turn
together because of the seized bearing.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si