View Poll Results: Do you use the clutch when shifting out of a gear?
Yes
20
86.96%
No
3
13.04%
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Those with manual tranny's...
Do you depress the clutch when shifting out of a gear?
There is some difference of opinion, and I am just curious what most people here do.
Erik
There is some difference of opinion, and I am just curious what most people here do.
Erik
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bad practise
Unless you pull the lever into neutral when the gears are not under drive or over-run forces, you'll risk chipping a gear tooth or two.
Use the clutch if you like your car ..........and understand how a manual gearbox works.
Use the clutch if you like your car ..........and understand how a manual gearbox works.
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Re: bad practise
Originally posted by Mike T.
Unless you pull the lever into neutral when the gears are not under drive or over-run forces, you'll risk chipping a gear tooth or two.
Use the clutch if you like your car ..........and understand how a manual gearbox works.
Unless you pull the lever into neutral when the gears are not under drive or over-run forces, you'll risk chipping a gear tooth or two.
Use the clutch if you like your car ..........and understand how a manual gearbox works.
Erik
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I use my clutch all the time too......have never heard of pulling it out of gear without using the clutch....
Clutches are wear items and will need to replaced periodically - the gears in the transmission are much more expensive to replace - why risk it?
Clutches are wear items and will need to replaced periodically - the gears in the transmission are much more expensive to replace - why risk it?
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If you want to shift without a clutch, you have to rev-match perfectly in order not to damage the gearbox. Personally I always used the clutch whenver I shifted. I have a friend with an ITR who can drive it without touching the clutch but I he still opts to use the clutch because it requires less precision/concentration.
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clutch linings
Originally posted by TXTiger
Clutches are wear items and will need to replaced periodically - the gears in the transmission are much more expensive to replace - why risk it?
Clutches are wear items and will need to replaced periodically - the gears in the transmission are much more expensive to replace - why risk it?
For example, my 1989 Peugeot's clutch is all original.......at about 200,000 miles. I double declutch on downshifts and drive in mixed city/highway conditions.
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Originally posted by TXTiger
I Clutches are wear items
I Clutches are wear items
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I use the clutch when shifting between gears....but when slowing to a stop, I slip the trans out of gear without the clutch (as the car comes to a complete stop)...so I'm the 'no'...as in...not always... in your survey.
