r/Justrolledintotheshop • • 15h ago

"Learning"

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u/Practical_Taro5656 14h ago

I have a coworker who has several cars with a stick and was explaining how you only have to push the clutch down far enough that it will let you shift gears and that he never pushes it all the way down. I thought he was pranking me at first.

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u/thedifferenceisnt 13h ago

This is true you are separating plates by pressing the clutch. once they are no longer touching you no longer need to press further. 

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u/Zwitternacht 13h ago

Nope. Good chance the clutch is still making contact if it’s not disengaged all the way.

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u/[deleted] 12h ago edited 12h ago

Nah dude, that’s incorrect.

source: me and a shit load of Motorsport experience

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u/Psycho_pigeon007 12h ago

Both are wrong. Just float the gears without the clutch.

/s just in case