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From: [email protected] (Doug Zolmer)
Subject: Re: Honda clutch chatter

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (James Bruder) writes:
|> anyone else experiencing a similar problem?
|> 
|> This concerns the clutch on a 92 Honda Accord 5 speed. When the clutch
|> is first used in the morning, about the first 4 miles of shifting, there
|> is a significant amount of clutch chatter until things warm up.  Then the
|> clutch shifts smoothly.  This chatter started when I moved to the San 
|> Francisco Bay area from a low-humidity environment.  The dealer stated
|> that this is known to happen since Honda changed from an asbestos to
|> non-asbestos clutch material.  No remedy!! Seems that moisture on clutch
|> surface causes slipping until the moisture evaporates.
|> 
|> Any comments out there?

The clutch on my '92 Honda Civic EX-V (EX in the U.S.) does this too.
It's annoying.  Now that I think about, it _is_ worse when the humidity is
high.  The dealer also claims there's nothing they can do since the clutch is 
a "self-adjusting hydraulic design".  Yeah, right.

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