Are you sure this is a clutch issue? The fact that you experience the jerkiness when decelerating in 3rd tells me it may be something else. Maybe the decel swith on the throttle body is out of adjustment: that could make the engine run lean on acceleration as well. Try to ascertain whether it's really the clutch or something else. Your clutch should still be good after two years. What happens if you're in neutral at idle and suddenly rev the engine? Does it hesitate? That could be a sign of the idle/decel switch out of adjustment. Geza On Tue, 8 May 2007 09:30:11 -0700, Larry Word <larry_word@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >My daily driver has begun to bouce when I engage the clutch: at reverse > and 1st only mostly? > > My clutch is only 2 yrs. old and was good quality when installed so any ideas. > > You can usually drop clutch fast and avoid the bounce but it's bound to be tough > on my pilot bearing? > > Also....trying to travel constant speed in third is jerky also. If I'm on the gas, it's smooth > but if I let off gas, it's jerky..... > > How do you check a Vanagon's engine mounts, trans. mounts, etc.??? > > Larry > Ga. > > > > >--------------------------------- >Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. |
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