It can be done, I have done it many times. However you have to be real good at it and it can only be done at certain RPM's. But if you dont to ir right you get a big clak clack clak :shock: .Glaucus said:
It can be done, I have done it many times. However you have to be real good at it and it can only be done at certain RPM's. But if you dont to ir right you get a big clak clack clak :shock: .Glaucus said:Hey!
I met this guy who told me he likes to shift gears without using the clutch pedal. He told me that once you learn how to shift this way, it's better and smoother then using the clutch. Is this true?
It's easy to pull the shifter out of gear, but I'm too scared to try and get it into gear without the clutch - if you don't get it right you start to grind the gears. Anyway, I'm not likely to start shifting this way, just curious to see what others think of this.
- Mike
WHY, O WHY?NoahFex said:I can't believe people here actually do this. The only way i'd ever do this is on a motorcycle.
dogstar said:truckers do it all day every day, although some of them dont care about their transmissions, lol
Actually, a nice new Truck tranny isn't all that much "sloppier" than a pickup truck tranny. It just after years of pulling heavy loads they tend get that way. The Peterbuilt I drove, for the first 5000 miles it was a pain in the ass to get the gears! And really, even until it hit 50,000 it was kinda rough to get if ya weren't used to it, even for my father who had been a truck driver for 35 years...82MKIILtype said:.....and the gear boxes are built with a lot of ... ummm ... slop to make shifting them easier....
I ride motocross bikes and usually shift without clutch unless I powershift (hold wide open and slam thru gears using clutch, not backing off throttle, doing a start from starting gate to 1st turn in a race). The transmission in a bike does not have syncros whereas a car does. Likewise a semitruck trans is different than a car, too but in a different way which I'm not sure how to explain.dogstar said:WHY, O WHY?NoahFex said:I can't believe people here actually do this. The only way i'd ever do this is on a motorcycle.
motorcycle trannies are generally more delicate than street car transmissions, and if you happen to bugger it up, you can end up getting thrown
also, why is it so hard to belive?
truckers do it all day every day, although some of them dont care about their transmissions, lol