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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ZakStr" data-source="post: 1457674" data-attributes="member: 24284">Hello,I have a 2002 Mustang GT, mostly stock, about 130,000 miles. At about 110,000 miles the throwout bearing completely disintegrated. I had hardly any money at the time and shop I was working at would not allow me to work on my own car in the shop. With few options, I had to replace the throwout bearing on the floor of my garage, laying on my back. I also replaced the pilot bearing, flywheel, pressure plate, and clutch. When I went to put the transmission back in, I had to use the transmission to tilt the engine back so I could slide the input shaft in. Ultimately, I had to pull it up the rest of the way with the bell housing bolts. I know this could damage the pilot bearing, but I did not have a lot of options. When I was done, there was a slight squeak when the clutch was out.Fast forward to now, the squeak has steadily gotten worse. I got the car up on a lift today and observed the inside of the bell housing while the engine was running. With the clutch out, it was obvious the input shaft was not staying in place on the engine side, lots of movement from the shaft.Is this the pilot bearing? If so, is the input shaft shot, are there any other parts that might have also been damaged?Thank you.Zak</blockquote>