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Tried the clutch again this morning and all is well. Job done.

Just want to give a big thank you to all, especially JamesMartin & cambridgecockney for your replies. It provided all the reassurance I needed. I collected the vehicle from the garage this morning and it seems perfectly fine - nice smooth clutch operation, with no noise, though I will still...

Not quite there yet. I will be trembling with anticipation when I collect it tomorrow morning.

Had a call from the garage earlier. Apparently the nice silky smooth bearing that I saw yesterday & really liked was the correct one and it was the one they had just taken off that was wrong. So it seems that they fitted the wrong bearing in the first place last December as part of the kit they...

Is it possible for the flywheel to make the noise?

Actually, I'm not sure I know what an interference fit is.

Unfortunately, we don't have a spare input shaft, but they and I do have aligning tools which might hopefully be the same diameter. Think I'm going to take my micrometer with me in the morning.

As I said earlier, the new bush fits nice and snugly over the input shaft, but there is just a small amount of play, so that seems ok. But I guess it could tighten up a little when tha bush is pressed home.

So, if the bush is left dry, what determines whether it makes a noise or not?

James - thanks for a very quick reply. So should the spigot bush be greased? It doesn't mention anything about it in my Haynes manual.

Just come back from the garage where my gearbox has been removed. He showed me the old release bearing and said he couldn't see anything wrong with it. Alongside it was a new bearing for comparison, though it was apparently the wrong one sent out from the Land Rover agent. The new bearing was...

Thanks for that jamesmartin. I doesn't go when the pedal is fully depressed, so that makes it the release bearing. I think I can also hear bearing rumble as well, as I push the clutch pedal down. I'm going take a video to show gear position, pedal position and noise, to take to the garage with me.

cambridgecockney - I will do as yo suggest & get them to replace the spigot bearing as well. That should leave nothing to chance. jamesmartin - From the info I have given, would you put your money on the release bearing or the spigot? Would the spigot bearing make the same noise as the release...

cambridgecockney - Sorry. I think I got it wrong. They were Valeo parts. I think I can now remember the garage guy showing me this stamped on the new clutch or flywheel and, if I remember rightly on the old parts taken out. I think I'm going to get them to replace the release bearing again and...

Thanks cambridgecockney. I've booked it in for the garage to strip it down again next Thursday. He still thinks it's the gearbox and that I'll have to pay and tried to point out the their 9 month warranty is up (even though it's not even 8 months yet and their website says they give a 12 month...

Had a new clutch, release bearing, dual mass flywheel and slave cylinder fitted to my 2004 TD5 Disco a few months ago as I was hearing the classic release bearing sound and the clutch was failing to disengage. Shortly after, I could hear the release bearing sound again and took it back to the...

I simply fitted 2 inch spacers. A much cheaper alternative, easy to fit and they work fine.

I have a TD5 with rear air suspension which I quite like. I just wondered if anyone knows if it is possible to convert the front to air. The Disco 3 & 4 have it, why can't the Disco 2?