Re: Fw: First gear and reverse vibration

["tmpintnl" <tobyp@xxxx>]

Ski - This sounds like clutch shudder to me. When a clutch disk gets 
close to the end of it's life, or gets contaminated by oil or some 
other material (leaking main seal or clutch slave cylinder), you can 
get a shuddering or vibration when you first start out, mainly in 
reverse. You can also get rough engagement and disengagement during 
shifting, although most DeLoreans suffer from clashing second gear 
during a spirited shift. You may want to remove the inspection plate, 
and see if you can gage the thickness of the clutch disk. Mine lasted 
about 70K miles before it expired. It didn't shudder much - it simply 
quit transferring power to the pavement. I now have a Centerforce 
setup - much improvement over stock.

Toby Peterson VIN 2248
Winged1 

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, vegascop1@xxxx wrote:
> > Hello, I was wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this 
problem. When I start the D, warm her up couple minutes and than start 
to back out of the garage I experience vibration from the rear. Also 
same goes when I have her out and put it in first gear its the same 
thing. When I get rolling and I want to put it in second really fast 
the tranny grinds!