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Subject:Re: Clutch Chatter
From:KBatzler
Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:09:43 -0800

BTW: Did they also replace the pilot bearing in the crankshaft????  This is
a commonly missed item.  You could also possibly have a bad motor mount(s)
aggravating the problem.
Karl Batzler
84 Vanagon
87 Audi 5000 S

-----Original Message-----
From: DAPrescott@AOL.COM <DAPrescott@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Clutch Chatter

>In a message dated 1/11/99 7:39:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>organslave@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
>
>> I have this problem.  It appeared right after the dealer installed a new
>>  clutch, disc, and TO bearing.
>
>Sachs clutch??
>If I remember correctly, this is a well documented problem with Sachs
>replacement clutches -- check the archives --   Mine chatters from a dead
stop
>unless I finesse the pedal, and also after an extended high speed drive
(i.e.
>when in line for a toll booth getting off the turnpike -- it's really bad
>then)
>