Yup, exactly what happeneed to me, It really won't effect driving or performance much, unless you let it go to long like me (going on over a year now). like i said, i tried replaced the clutch system, and none of the solved the problem. my tranny eventually starting making a loud screeching noise on top of it, plus the original rotating grind/whiny kind of noise. my dad is a honda tech, and we think it's the actual tranny just going bad, or the 5th gear, because when we droped the tranny and rotated the gears by hand the 5th gear had a little knock. it may not be, but either way, it isn't the flywheel. we replaced the throwout bearing as well, still didnt fix it. if you find the problem out and fix it without replacing or rebuilding the tranny let me know though
. but as of now i plan to replace the entire tranny. but my car still drives fine, its just an obnoxious noise.
--however, i replaced the clutch fluid after replacing the clutch and the screeching noise stopped, but the grind is still their at idle, and i also have a 97 hatch, cx though
