05-17-2006, 09:21 PM
Greg the dogsitter wrote:
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>You can do that ?
Absolutely.
The 'trick' is to do it without grinding.You can grind gears even WITH the clutch.
Try it going downhill sometime.
At some point, as your engine rpms are dropping the input and output gears in the tranny will be rotating at the same speed. The synchros will allow it to slide right into gear. You should 'feel' it in the stick. With some practice, you'll be able to do it by second nature.
First, downhill only , but 2->3->4->->5 <-4<-3<-2<-1 is a piece of cake.
I've only driven a 13 speed Kenworth once, and only on the highway hauling Fritos to Montreal with a friend,but the clutch isn't necessarily necessary once rolling there either.
It doesn't damage anything, unless you miss.
If you are coordinated enough to shift WITH a clutch without thinking about it, it can be done WITHOUT it.
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>You can do that ?
Absolutely.
The 'trick' is to do it without grinding.You can grind gears even WITH the clutch.
Try it going downhill sometime.
At some point, as your engine rpms are dropping the input and output gears in the tranny will be rotating at the same speed. The synchros will allow it to slide right into gear. You should 'feel' it in the stick. With some practice, you'll be able to do it by second nature.
First, downhill only , but 2->3->4->->5 <-4<-3<-2<-1 is a piece of cake.
I've only driven a 13 speed Kenworth once, and only on the highway hauling Fritos to Montreal with a friend,but the clutch isn't necessarily necessary once rolling there either.
It doesn't damage anything, unless you miss.
If you are coordinated enough to shift WITH a clutch without thinking about it, it can be done WITHOUT it.