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From post #4, one of mine.
"Feels like wheel hop on a leaf spring suspension. It is clutch chatter of some sort, just expected it to wear in by now and go away. The feeling from the driver's seat is that the tailshaft of the trans is moving, or the rear suspension connection to the unibody is bucking to and fro its range of motion.
It is a 350 ft-lb clutch."
I really thought it was just the beefier clutch causing the chattering due to the extra torque impulse exceeding the stock bushings design and the stock bushing were now too soft. Namely the rear diff bushings that connect the subframe to the back of the differential.
Also, I have no axe to grind with Verus, I was just told by the shop they've experienced this before with this particular part. They had no negative feedback on other Verus parts, just this one.
Knowing how this clutch goes together, there isn't any adjustment to the fork engagement. If like my old CJ7, I have an adjustable threaded section in my linkage to set the clutch fork hold off clearance so it isn't touching the TOB and spinning it while running. I have no adjustment on the throw distance of the jeep system either, the bellcrank (linkage) assembly controls that, and is fixed.
Subarus don't even have that, and the first shop tried to fix it when I complained about it. All I found on my own was that I can adjust the pedal height with adjustable linkage in the cab at the pedals, but this is not an adjustment of throw distance, or even the clearance setting to keep the fork off the TOB when in gear and clutch engaged, there isn't any adjustment on these like that. But it is nice to lower the pedal a bit so you don't have to lift your heel. If you do this, be careful, it does not take much adjustment to have the clutch engage while the pedal is barely off the floor.
I tried some of this setting both high and low to see if it would change the condition, it did not.
I share this only because I finally got this issue fixed and found the root cause and thought it relevant in this forum.
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