taking it outta gear without clutch... good or bad
09-13-2004, 11:02 PM
#4
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 716
Re:taking it outta gear without clutch... good or bad
As long as you don't YANK it out of gear it shouldn't hurt anything, as for shifting without the clutch, YES it's very bad on the synchros, and if you bang it hard enouph it is possible to hurt the forks too, they aren't the strongest things yaknow...think of how small things get it there...
09-13-2004, 11:18 PM
#5
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 7,082
Re:taking it outta gear without clutch... good or bad
after you give it gas it comes out of gear without the clutch with ease, you don't have to force it so that can't be bad for anything. I shift without the clutch in my civic, no grinding, just magic.
09-13-2004, 11:33 PM
#7
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 716
Re:taking it outta gear without clutch... good or bad
You are lucky, sounds like you know right where the sweet spots are between gears, but don't miss your rpm or GRIIND! I don't think it's worth the risk! not to me anyway...if you can get it to work, more power to ya!
09-14-2004, 07:14 AM
#9
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 11,058
Re:taking it outta gear without clutch... good or bad
if you shift right about 3k, it usually slides right in without a clutch, i do it ever now and then if i'm felling gay, never hurt anything. but as far as just slipping it in to neutral out of a gear without the clutch, i don't see how that could hurt anything at all
09-15-2004, 03:38 PM
#10
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 511
Re:taking it outta gear without clutch... good or bad
I do it every once in a while, And I just let my left foot hang out of the window. Impresses the friends LOL. Or you can have the passenger shift for you and you've got a full on automatic. Who even remembers how to drive one of those things?
