I had the same problem, but it got so bad the van would just 'pop' out of reverse. One lower bolt was broken off, the other just loose. I tightened the loose one, and all has been well since. Ive yet to fix the broken one (yikes). My slave had a slow leak, and was difficult to shift into first. I replaced the slave, and viola, smooth as butter baby. good luck 87 syncro --- "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM> wrote: > Well folks, the shudder problem that I had when I > went into reverse with any > load apparently has been solved. Seems that when I > replaced the SAE bottom > stud from the engine to the clutch housing with the > proper metric stud, I > was able to tighten things up properly. That has > solved the shudder > problem. Doesn't mean that I don't have another > clutch problem but I can > only solve one thing at a time. Shifting is still > the same as it was > before, hard to get into first unless I really pull > the shift lever over. > Have to work on that yet. > > William
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