I had very weird clutch chatter and vibration once upon a time. My problem was the slave bracket cracked and essentially, didn't have as much resistance causing chatter. In the picture below, the red line is where the bracket broke. I had it welded and I have not had any chatter since. my .02 http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/CIMG3045-fullRed.JPG On Nov 8, 2007 9:13 AM, Walter Houle <whoule@ecscontrols.com> wrote: > I have lived with this problem for years and have always wondered why. > I had a factory rebuilt motor and a new clutch installed by a local shop > and it chattered immediately. It occured in reverse under a light load > such as backing uphill, or in 1st under heavy load only. The shop replaced > the clutch disk & pressure plate with new parts twice, but the problem > persisted. I had so many problems with the first shop that I finally gave > up in disgust. Later on, a different shop replaced the slave cylinder, but > there was no improvement. I got fustrated with the whole thing and have > learned to live with it. If I baby the clutch I can avoid the chattering > about 80% of the time. > > Walter > 85 Vanagoon 1.9 >
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