I always thought that clutch shudder is caused by oil (from engine or
tranny) leaking on the clutch plate.
Karl Batzler
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 12:52 PM
Subject: clutch shudder

>Vanagoners-
>Since I'm having to swap the trans on my '82 diesel, it's a good time to
>change out the worn clutch fork rod that apparently is the cause of the
>serious clutch shudder. Does anyone sell or know of a reasonably priced
>source for these? Any leads are much appeciated.
>Larry
>