On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Tom Young wrote: > The good news (at least for us aircooled folks - and I'm assuming it's > the same for them thar watercooled vans) is that it doesn't cost a ton of > money (of course, "a ton of money" is a situational definition) to cure > this if you do the work yourself. Complete clutch kits are somewhere in > the territory of $125, while motor mounts are somewhere in the $10 each > range. My personal experience is that replacing everything is not a cure, merely a temporary palliative. When the problem first cropped up in my van, I replaced the clutch disc and throw out bearing; that 'cured' the problem for maybe two months or so. A few years later when I did a total engine rebuild I replaced the pressure plate, clutch plate, t.o. bearing and pilot bearing. Again 'cured, but only for a couple of months. I did not have the flywheel refaced, however, others on the list have reported having the flywheel resurfaced followed by the eventual (sooner rather than later, to my recollection) return of the shuddering. I personally am mystified! Gary ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Shea shea@xmission.com Salt Lake City http://www.xmission.com/~shea |
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