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It didn't be so bad at first but now i have to lite them up at take off. thought maybe bad springs with the clutch? just put new u-joints for the halfshafts. the clutch has maybe 8000 since replaced. im hoping someone can point me in the right way?


Are your wheels hopping, or is your clutch chattering? A chattering clutch is sometimes caused by contamination (oil) or by too much clutch material burnt off onto the flywheel and unevenly distributed, often caused by excessive and hard clutch usage (and a hot clutch).

Wheels hopping at takeoff can be caused by REALLY BAD struts. Wheels hopping at speed can be caused by very badly balanced tires/wheels and bad struts.

Then your clutch is chattering -- 95% certain, from what you've described. If so, it's probably because you've overheated it repeatedly with too much clutch action, but it could also be because of oil leakage onto the clutch lining. If it's the latter, you need to fix the oil leak. If it's the former, you can find procedures for redistributing the glaze on your flywheel to smooth out the clutch. I've never tried any of them and don't know if they work.

Racing clutches can stand up to harder use, if that's the problem.

Without your sharing more information, all I can really do is to guess what's going on. Good luck figuring out the issue.

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