Clutch Noise Diagnosis -- Video Clip

[ATB88]

Had a thread a couple months ago about what I thought was an issue where sometimes on clutching at high revs, revs would go up instead of falling and also loud clutch noise. The revs going up part was strange and actually stopped happening, so, it seems like an isolated issue and I'll deal with it if it happens again. In any case, the loud clutch noise remains as an issue so I'm making this thread to focus on it without the confusion about the other rising rpm issue being associated with it.

Summary of the issue: when driving more aggressively (higher RPM), when I put the clutch pedal in, when it reaches the bottom of its travel, I'll get a loud noise from the clutch as the revs fall, and I feel some mechanical feedback from the clutch pedal. This generally doesn't happen when driving more gently around town, only when I've been driving on the freeway fro a while at higher RPM. But once I get it to start happening at higher RPM it'll start happening at lower RPM until I let everything cool down.

Here's a video demonstrating the issue: https://youtube.com/shorts/i_InYHY6T7o?feature=share

Anyone have any thoughts about what it could be? Bad throwout bearing? Clutch stop maybe got pushed down too far over time? I'm guessing that whatever it is I'm dropping the transmission, but it would be good to figure out what it is beforehand if possible.

Thanks guys!

[sapote]

Park it on a slope -- driveway or road -- head down and engage 1st gear (if head up then engage reverse), engine off, no brake. Slowly press down the clutch pedal until car start rolling, note down the pedal position compared to you normal pressed down position. The stopper should be about 3/4 to 1" lower.