Apparently, according to my old Dad, during the war (ahh..the war) truckers
had to drive synchro, i.e no clutch. coz if you wore your clutch out you
couldn't get another. Had to disengage gear and match engine speed to next
gear and knock it in.
You can't sychro a sprite 1st gear can you? i.e double clutch and select 1st
while moving?
andy
>From: Ronsoave@aol.com
>Reply-To: Ronsoave@aol.com
>To: ulix@u.washington.edu, RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: synchro "zip"
>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:12:41 EDT
>
>In a message dated 99-04-29 22:44:02 EDT, ulix@u.washington.edu writes:
>
> > OK, it's a half-yup. On up-shifting it helps, but on down-shifting, the
> > longer you wait, the worse it gets.
> > While waiting, the engine rpm drops, but it was too slow for the
> > down-shift in the first place.
>
>My understanding (or lack thereof): On the downshift, blip the throttle on
>your pause through neutral with the clutch up to spin the innards of the
>gearbox up to the speed of the input shaft. The synchros use friction
>rings
>and sliders to engage the spinning gears and bring them to a synchronized
>speed as you shift, and your pause in neutral / throttle blip is doing that
>for you. I spent a year with no third and 4th synchros on my old MGB, and
>it
>gets to be second nature quickly (not to mention Sprite first gear for
>those
>of us who don't have Splite 5-speeds).
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