Date:         Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:31:31 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: shuddering clutch
Comments: To: "Scott W." <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM>
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Could be many things or even not the clutch at all.
Does it do it worse in reverse? Worn engine mounts cause or aggravate
this if so.

A COMPLETE clutch job done yourself is about $200-250 for all the parts
and machining if you shop carefully.

The tranny weighs under 100 lbs. HarberFright sells a tranny jack for
$50 on sale much of the time. These support the tranny much better and I
don't know how I lived without one for so long.

Mark

"Scott W." wrote:
>
>  I am just wondering what the list might think is
> going on with my clutch. sometimes when I am letting
> it out, the whole back end of the van just starts
> shuddering, until I let the clutch slip a bit and then
> it will stop, this all happens pretty quick.
>  So I am thinking I need to replace the clutch and
> have the flywheel machined. Would I be correct in
> thinking this? I have read something about that in the
> archives.
>  other times, like just now coming back from lunch, it
> did not show these symtoms. I would have thought it
> would be fairly consistant.
>  another question would be, how do you guys lower the
> tranny on a hydraulic jack without the thing just
> falling off the jack? it looks pretty heavy to me and
> I would think it not good to just fall off on the
> ground....thanks for any help with these questions