Listees, As most/many of us know we've been going thru this topic for a while. We (Volks Cafe) have found something that we belive could contribute to this shudder; If the fingers on the crossarm shaft are inspected closely, you'll find many of them are worn MORE on the side closer to the arm that actuates the clutch than the other side. What this will cause is UNEVEN pressure on the TO Bearing causing the cluitch to chatter. Make sense? We had a clutch do this we removed the trans and found the worn crossarm shaft, we then installed another used shaft in MUCH better shape, SAME Clutch UNTOUCHED and re-installed the trans and had no problem after that. I hope many of you find this to be good info, I know that we scurtinize EVERY crossarm shaft now no matter what year the Vanagoon is. Kyle -- Kyle Wade (408) 426-1431 OR (408) 429-9424 Keeper of the Volks-Motorsports page Home Page - http://www.volks-motorsports.com ICQ # 3882975 |
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