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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Chris
88 Vanagon GL (daily driver)
87 Westfalia (in progress)