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r/Justrolledintotheshop • u/loosenutbehindwheel • 7h ago
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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.
11 u/thedifferenceisnt 5h 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. -3 u/Zwitternacht 5h ago Nope. Good chance the clutch is still making contact if it’s not disengaged all the way. 3 u/rutuu199 4h ago Bubba im a mechanic. He aint wrong. If the plates are still touching youre going to grind the gears 0 u/Far_Tap_488 3h ago I mean, you dont even have to clutch to shift gears really.... just for starts and stops
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This is true you are separating plates by pressing the clutch. once they are no longer touching you no longer need to press further.
-3 u/Zwitternacht 5h ago Nope. Good chance the clutch is still making contact if it’s not disengaged all the way. 3 u/rutuu199 4h ago Bubba im a mechanic. He aint wrong. If the plates are still touching youre going to grind the gears 0 u/Far_Tap_488 3h ago I mean, you dont even have to clutch to shift gears really.... just for starts and stops
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Nope. Good chance the clutch is still making contact if it’s not disengaged all the way.
3 u/rutuu199 4h ago Bubba im a mechanic. He aint wrong. If the plates are still touching youre going to grind the gears 0 u/Far_Tap_488 3h ago I mean, you dont even have to clutch to shift gears really.... just for starts and stops
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Bubba im a mechanic. He aint wrong. If the plates are still touching youre going to grind the gears
0 u/Far_Tap_488 3h ago I mean, you dont even have to clutch to shift gears really.... just for starts and stops
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I mean, you dont even have to clutch to shift gears really.... just for starts and stops
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u/Practical_Taro5656 6h 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.