# 2001 Volvo V70 - Throw out bearing

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-volvo-v70-throw-out-bearing/154794>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volvo\
**Created:** [December 16, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-volvo-v70-throw-out-bearing/154794 "2019-12-16T16:03:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![HaroldBooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@HaroldBooth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HaroldBooth)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-volvo-v70-throw-out-bearing/154794/1 "2019-12-16T16:03:53Z")

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Ray’s recent reply about the question of creeping at stop-lights assumes that you’re driving an automatic. The ‘car wear’ calculus changes if a stick is involved. There’s the wear on the throw-out bearing as you depress the clutch to put the car in-gear, the wear on the clutch as you let it out to creep, then more wear on the throw-out as you shift back to neutral [as you should, at a light, to avoid the wear on the throw-out by keeping the car in-gear and your foot on the clutch.] So if you’re driving a standard, just let the gap happen.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-volvo-v70-throw-out-bearing/154794/2 "2019-12-17T13:04:06Z")

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Wear on the throw out bearing is pretty much an old myth. I would not shift to neutral at a stoplight, only at a RR crossing waiting for a slow freight train.