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Subject:Re: [Fwd: Re: Bucking Clutch]
From:Tony Moore
Date:Thu, 9 Jan 1997 11:26:30 -0500

Count me in for having the same ailment on my '83.5!

Any info/ideas?

tony

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> From: Hotch <hotch@netaxs.com>
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> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Bucking Clutch]
> Date: Thursday, January 09, 1997 11:02 AM
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> Mark Bowie wrote:
> > 
> > Hello all-
> > 
> > Recently my '86 Westy has developed a problem with the clutch. After I
have been
> > driving in stop-and-go traffic for awhile, the clutch begins to
"chatter" when I
> > try to start from a stop.  The only way I can prevent this from
happening is to
> > rev the motor up to about 3000 rpm while I let the clutch out. Any
ideas on what
> > is causing this, and what needs to be done to fix it?
> > 
> > MTB
> 
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> My 86 GL does the same thing when hot, I've just been living with it but
> would love to hear some ideas about this.
> 
>  
> Hotch
> 86 GL
> Philly
> hotch@netaxs.com