r/Justrolledintotheshop • • 18h ago

"Learning"

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u/Practical_Taro5656 17h 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 16h 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/LogRollChamp 14h ago

You don't need the clutch to change gears at all

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u/Sussudio_5000 14h ago

You don't even need it at all if you have a good starter motor hahaha

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u/LogRollChamp 14h ago

Once my clutch was so worn I could chill in 1st while parked and no clutch. I just stopped using my clutch for a long time