Re: non syncro first

[Peter Mchugh <Peter.Mchugh@faa.dot.gov>]

     Ah, so true...but wouldn't second be closer and more convenient for 
     sync ing the shifter into first???????


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Subject: non syncro first
Author:  derekev@academy.net.au at Internet
Date:    6/19/97 8:15 AM


hi all,
just a tip for those of you who might be new to driving cars without syncro
 first.
if you put the car in neutral at the lights and let your foot off the clutch
 like you should (takes the thrust off the crank and the pressure off the 
 hydraulics), you will find the box will always crunch when you put it in first 
 again.  this is because the engine has spun the input and lay shafts up to 
 speed and the first gear cog hits a moving target.  if you push the clutch 
 pedal and then move the stick toward fourth gear, the fourth gear syncro ring 
 will smoothly stop the input shaft and first gear will engage quietly and keep 
 most of its metal attatched.
derek
1960 herald
1965 vitesse
1984 suzuki rg250we-1 (pocket rocket)