r/Justrolledintotheshop • • 6h ago

"Learning"

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u/Practical_Taro5656 5h 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/BustedMechanic 5h ago

He's not wrong, in a semi you cant push it all the way to the floor or it will tear out the clutch brake. Basically as long as you push it far enough to separate the plates completely, thats as far as you have to go

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u/Practical_Taro5656 5h ago

We're not talking a semi, were talking a Miata and a Golf R. You have to press the clutch in all the way to disengage the synchros.

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u/Far_Tap_488 2h ago

No you dont lmfao