From: Marc Strangfeld (curlyjoe98@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Oct 21 2003 - 23:55:37 PDT
Mark
Well said. I'll keep double clutching. I've decided
most my clutch and synchro wear comes from the other
people I let drive my truck. I'll frequently hand
over the controls to allow someone the experience and
of course, bragging rights. It just may not be the
best thing for the truck thats all.
Marc
--- "Mark J. Blair" <ke6myk_mvlist@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> Marc Strangfeld wrote:
> > Often I'll double clutch when
> > downshifting going uphill. I feel I can shift
> quicker
> > this way and then the engine RPMs are were they
> need
> > to be when the clutch is engaged. I've been told
> > double clutching a synchro tranny is bad. Is it?
>
>
> I usually double-clutch my downshifts on my little
> civvy sports car, too. It's
> how I learned to do it on big trucks, and I also
> find that it helps me get the
> RPMs right for a smoothe downshift. Maybe I wouldn't
> do that if I learned to
> drive stick-shift on a regular car, but that's the
> rhythm that's programmed
> into my legs and arms now. I figure that the worst
> result would be more clutch
> wear, and less synchro wear, and I figure that
> clutch linings are easier to
> replace than synchros. Am I off base here?
>
> Regarding up-shifting your truck without using the
> clutch, my opinion is that
> doing so would wear the clutch lining less, and
> potentially wear the synchros
> more if you don't match speeds well, since the
> synchros would be fighting
> against the engine instead of just slowing the input
> shaft down. I'd think
> that it should be OK to do if you do it well, and
> pause in neutral long enough
> to match the engine speed. If you don't, well, how
> long do you think it would
> take for you to drive the truck enough to wear out
> the clutch lining through
> regular up-shifting using the clutch? If you're not
> driving the truck every
> day for work, I think it would take you a very, very
> long time to do that.
>
> Hey, I'm not an experienced truck driver yet.
>
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