shifting on 5-speed without pressing on clutch
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
The main thing it saves is the syncros.
If you're good at matching revs, you can actually upshift without using a clutch. Works better on a dog-engagement race box but can still be done with syncromesh.
On the original issue, it sounds like some kind of issue in the clutch hydraulic system.
The main thing it saves is the syncros.
If you're good at matching revs, you can actually upshift without using a clutch. Works better on a dog-engagement race box but can still be done with syncromesh.
On the original issue, it sounds like some kind of issue in the clutch hydraulic system.
As for the original inquiry, not sure if you've tried this but go on a freeway and try downshifting into 4th and 3rd (for example when you exit on an off-ramp). If you find yourself pumping the clutch for 3rd and 4th along with 2nd, then it's probably an hydraulic issue. I would check with the guys who installed it first though.
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On highway or straightways no problem at all. I only have the problem when I'm rolling slowly in traffic or turning into a street under 15mph. Sometimes when I complete stop at redlight and then try to get into 1st gear the problem of getting it in 1st occurs. I have to pump clutch a couple of times and trying to put it in. I feel stupid when everyone is going on green while I'm still trying to get it in first to ride off. I been driving a stick for 3yrs already so I don't think its my driving.
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From: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Originally posted by tdsounds
On highway or straightways no problem at all. I only have the problem when I'm rolling slowly in traffic or turning into a street under 15mph. Sometimes when I complete stop at redlight and then try to get into 1st gear the problem of getting it in 1st occurs. I have to pump clutch a couple of times and trying to put it in. I feel stupid when everyone is going on green while I'm still trying to get it in first to ride off. I been driving a stick for 3yrs already so I don't think its my driving.
On highway or straightways no problem at all. I only have the problem when I'm rolling slowly in traffic or turning into a street under 15mph. Sometimes when I complete stop at redlight and then try to get into 1st gear the problem of getting it in 1st occurs. I have to pump clutch a couple of times and trying to put it in. I feel stupid when everyone is going on green while I'm still trying to get it in first to ride off. I been driving a stick for 3yrs already so I don't think its my driving.
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Originally posted by tdsounds
On highway or straightways no problem at all. I only have the problem when I'm rolling slowly in traffic or turning into a street under 15mph. Sometimes when I complete stop at redlight and then try to get into 1st gear the problem of getting it in 1st occurs. I have to pump clutch a couple of times and trying to put it in. I feel stupid when everyone is going on green while I'm still trying to get it in first to ride off. I been driving a stick for 3yrs already so I don't think its my driving.
On highway or straightways no problem at all. I only have the problem when I'm rolling slowly in traffic or turning into a street under 15mph. Sometimes when I complete stop at redlight and then try to get into 1st gear the problem of getting it in 1st occurs. I have to pump clutch a couple of times and trying to put it in. I feel stupid when everyone is going on green while I'm still trying to get it in first to ride off. I been driving a stick for 3yrs already so I don't think its my driving.
Shingo