Dan, this doesn't seem like a likely factor to me, as all of the linkage
was new and tight when the car was made, and I'm sure it shifted fine then.
could be some air in the line, though there is a conventional Vanagon
superstition that when you replace the forward cylinder the rear one goes
sympathetically. It is more likely I think that they both deteriorate at
the same time.

If it gets worse, it will probably do so quickly. If it doesn't get worse
anytime soon, it's probably not the slave cylinder.

Jim

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:27 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> thank you...
>
> but correction on typo *"**is it because of the rear linkage is new and
> light?"* should read is it because of the rear linkage is new and tight?
>