I found the noise :]

[healeyboz]

It was the throw-out bearing.

So my questions are:

I must not of installed the keepers on the bearing when I installed it last. Weird I know but they were not there.

I am 99% sure the noise that I was hearing was the throw-out.
Could the keepers cause wearing about half of the throw out bearing "pad".

Or do I need to make an adjustment to the clutch side push-rod?

The noise would happen while I was driving and clear up when I compressed the clutch. Eventually it did not matter what I did. It would come and go as it pleased..

 

[BugEyeBear]

So HOW did you decide it was the Throw-Out Bearing?

USUALLY the TO Bearing is idle UNTIL you depress the clutch. So I'm wondering why it made noise while you were driving, and then not when the clutch was depressed....

Was the TO Bearing somehow just "floating" on the input shaft and not attached to the clutch fork?

Was the TO Bearing constantly "riding" against the pressure plate, thus causing it to fail prematurely?

Clutch Components

At the risk of causing you concern...
Given your description of the problem, I would have 1st suspected that a problem existed in the trans (perhaps a bad bearing on the input shaft?), rather than the TO Bearing...
I hope I'm wrong & it IS just the TO Bearing!

-Bear-

 

[healeyboz]

I do too.