Shifting without pressing the clutch pedal
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Shifting without pressing the clutch pedal
so i was driving home from work and was shifting from thrid to forth and then my leg was feeling usually heavy. So I pulled the gear out of third and lightly placed pressure toward forth. The rpm is falling from 3k downward. In the time it took me to think how heavy my left was felling to place it on the pedal, the gear fell into forth without any effort.
Now, and let me emphasize this, I am not ignorant, but i am certainly not in the know, is it ok for all components invovled with the clutch and transmission for this to occure and keep occuring(it kind of fun)?
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Now, and let me emphasize this, I am not ignorant, but i am certainly not in the know, is it ok for all components invovled with the clutch and transmission for this to occure and keep occuring(it kind of fun)?
Thanks
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Like anything else if you know how to do it correctly there is no harm. Doing it incorrectly will break things quickly.
I frequently upshift and downshift without the clutch when stuck in stop and go traffic but I always use the clutch when driving "fast".
All the clutch does is remove the load from the gears in the tranny. If you time it right you can breathe the throttle for an instant and do the same thing without using the clutch. Breathing the throttle will let the gears unload due to lash in the gear mesh. You have to time it perfectly though; not recommended for the ham fisted among us.
I frequently upshift and downshift without the clutch when stuck in stop and go traffic but I always use the clutch when driving "fast".
All the clutch does is remove the load from the gears in the tranny. If you time it right you can breathe the throttle for an instant and do the same thing without using the clutch. Breathing the throttle will let the gears unload due to lash in the gear mesh. You have to time it perfectly though; not recommended for the ham fisted among us.
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No, it is not good for the car. Keep doing it and sooner or later you will kill your syncros. No matter how well you think you are matching speeds, sooner or later you will miss once, twice, thice. Each time, you are doing a little more damage to the trany. Why bother when you have a perfectly good clutch to use?
I learned how to do it years ago when my clutch cable snapped. I was able to get the car home from a long distance by shifting without, and starting in first gear. The starting in first gear probably did incredible damage to the starter and to the trany - much more than the shifting, but again, if you have a clutch, you might as well use it.
I learned how to do it years ago when my clutch cable snapped. I was able to get the car home from a long distance by shifting without, and starting in first gear. The starting in first gear probably did incredible damage to the starter and to the trany - much more than the shifting, but again, if you have a clutch, you might as well use it.
Last edited by BLKTOPTRVL; 08-17-05 at 07:33 PM.
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Why would you be able to accelerate faster when you have to lose time matching speeds? Are you talking about slamming it into gear without the clutch at high speed?
Last edited by BLKTOPTRVL; 08-17-05 at 07:50 PM.
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Originally Posted by dohc-vtec_eg
can someone explain this plz. i want to try this on my car but i dont want my tranny to blow
Originally Posted by NCMontegott
...why dont you just have you trans refitted with dog clutches
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At low RPM say 2500 in 3rd let off the gas and gentle pull back to 4th and it will slip right in with no problem. If you must do it. Before I had my trans rebuilt I did all the time and the rebuild had nothing to do with clutchless shifting the output shaft was damaged when a rear end dropped.
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Originally Posted by quicksilver_rx7
Kinda pointless unless you are aspiring to be a truck-driver.
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Originally Posted by Kento
Then don't, because learning how to clutchless shift on a synchromesh transmission will only lead to worn/broken synchros. An FD transmission can't take very much abuse before you're left with a junk gearbox. If you have a POS daily driver with a manual transmission, you could probably learn on that, but in the end, why? It's only something that someone with a lot of experience and skill behind the wheel should do with any semblance of regularity, and you can only do it in certain situations.
You gain very little, if anything at all shifting clutchless in this car. On trucks, or older manual gearboxed cars, it's a different story and for different reasons.
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Originally Posted by NCMontegott
...why dont you just have you trans refitted with dog clutches
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Originally Posted by NCMontegott
the only advantage of shifting without depressing the clutch is that you are able to accelrate faster.
I shift without the clutch only in heavy rush hour traffic where I'm rolling slowly and my left leg is tired. Shifting this way is actually slower because I have to match speeds perfectly but my left foot enjoys getting a rest on the dead pedal
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you also have to remember that syncros only match speed at a certain rpm so technically i am incorrect but having to remove the pressure of the clutch and then enguage the next gear takes time, but if you do not have to depress the clutch then you are making up time while accelerating.
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Originally Posted by DamonB
That's not true of most synchromesh transmissions unless you are abusing it. The synchros themselves only like to move so fast and forcing them by banging the stick around hard will at best wear them out quickly or at worst break them instantly.
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