Any suggestions on learning to double-clutch on the downshifts? I've had
several people try to explain it to me - but I haven't quite figured it out.
Any good info on the web?
Leigh Brooks
BADROC
on 2/17/01 6:49 PM, Gordon Glasgow at glasgow@serv.net wrote:
> 2nd gear synchro is always the first to go out, because it gets the most use
> in traffic. And shifting down into a gear is harder on the synchro than
> shifting up because it has to accelerate the countershaft, input shaft and
> clutch disk up to the speed that they will be going in the lower gear.
>
> Switching to something like Redline MTL can make it better provided you
> don't wind up with leaks. A better solution (short of rebuilding the tranny
> and replacing 2nd gear synchro) is to learn to double-clutch on the
> downshifts. Takes a bit of practice to get it, but it eventually becomes
> second nature. I automatically double-clutch all my downshifts to either 2nd
> or 1st no matter what I'm driving - except the Maxima automatic. ;-)
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
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