My experience was that investing $70+ in motor mounts and who knows how
much in new clutch plate, pressure plate, pilot bearing, etc., cured
the problem for about 1000 miles.  I doubt my motor mounts got worn
out in that time (sure hope not!) so my assumption is that it's something
else -- flywheel surface, perhaps the much-discussed Canadian Sachs
clutch plate.

I can't say whether the first clutch plate I put in the van six years
ago was a Sachs, but I'm pretty sure the last one was.

Gotta go dig throught the receipts.

On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Gary Stearns wrote:
> My '88 GL clutch chatters too...intermittently,  I am convinced that I willl
> find the source in the forward motor (tranny?) mount.  When the clutch
> chatter began appearing so did alot of driveline lash or a feeling of
> "rubber banding" after a sudden accel or decel.  I can actually feel the
> worn rubber mount pounding against the body during a sudden speed change.
> Both of us may have less than perfect clutches, but I'll  bet that the
> imperfections will dissappear with solid motor mounts.  I'll let you know.

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Gary Shea                                       shea@xmission.com
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