Date:         Sun, 5 May 2002 20:53:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Michael Nichols <msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Nichols <msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Q's: Clutch Problems!!
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Hello from Atlanta Ga.  One of my two '81 air cooled Vanagons is having
clutch problems;  specifically, occasional juddering in 1st or reverse.  I
compared the movement range of the slave cylinder on the clutch lever of the
ailing '81 against that of the good '81, and the bad '81's clutch lever
moves only one-half the distance of that of the good '81.  Also, the clutch
foot pedal in the bad '81 seems to have 2 inches of play before the clutch
engages.  The bad '81 has a 3 mo. old clutch and flywheel resurfacing job.
These symptoms existed before the clutch job.  I recently had the brake
fluid/clutch fluid flushed/replaced and bled to see if this was the solution
to my problem, to no avail. There is no leakage at either master or slave
cylinder.

Questions:  Is this a bad clutch master cylinder?  A bad slave cylinder?  Do
you replace the master cylinder as per Bentley, or are there some improved
techniques?  Thank you, List!

Regards,

Michael and Christina Nichols
2--'81 air cooleds