M'y FT254 had noise when clutch release ( like an old B & D drill when stopping) .
I had changed the clutch release bearing (even the old one was smooth).
I packed grease between main drive and PTO shafts and the thing I was gessing being the culprit was the clutch fingers (6) not adjusted equeal.
Did that four years (?) ago and all is fine until now.
Current hour on the tractor around 775h.
Jacques