On 9/26/2012 7:23 PM, Tom Carchrae wrote:
> That said, being a green-horned vanagon owner, I find the clutch on
> mine very particular.  It is like no other standard I've driven.  If I
> am not very careful in letting out the clutch slowly, it will shudder.
>   I compensate and I can drive it smoothly, but I wondered it if this
> is normal for the 'torquey' vanagon.
>
> I have not worried much about it because I have had two specialist VW
> shops drive it and neither mentioned this as a problem.
>
> Tom
Some years ago, my '85 had a really bad shudder when starting off. I
completely rebuilt the clutch (resurfaced the flywheel, new clutch disk,
throwout bearing, and seals, etc).  That did the trick.  No more shudder.

MIke