What is this double-clutching you speak of? Do you mean the thing you do when you're about to run into something? I use the clutch to start going and to kick it out of gear when I'm trying to shift and it gets stuck in one of those kungfu grips.
Floating Gears
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by sage92886, Aug 24, 2007.
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Okay........ this is an old thread and if I remember right...... people got a little defensive about the "right" way to shift!!!
I have noticed that if I ever "lose" a gear (in otherwords I have tried to put the truck in a gear it does not want to be in) I can find the appropriate gear much better by floating...... the clutch seems to get in the way during those times........... but I am still learning
AND....... for the record........ me and 4th gear (on the downshift) are still trying to work out our differences ......I am still hopeful that we can come to an amicable agreement that we can both live with......... LOL.........
I think this means you float your gears all the time?Last edited: Jul 3, 2008
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I completely agree with you ......... and now that I am done with school I have no way to practice for now. I really wanted to spend some more time learning how to use the clutch on the way down but you know how they limit our actual driving time...............
The best I can do is say that at least I can drive and shift (without grinding) a short, empty Big Truck........... it's a start........ and really, that is all I expected from the school......... I just wanted to learn a few basics so I wouldn't look like a complete idiot when I got in an actual truck......
(You also need to remember I am a woman..... and very often when a girl plays in the boys sandbox she is held to a different standard...... when a guy makes a mistake, he is "learning"......... when a girl makes the same mistake, she is "just a woman"....... I know it sounds a cliche' but we have to do a better job just to get the same respect.......... and you know what? ........ I don't have a problem with that ...... because once I figure something out I can do it better than anyone!!! ........... yep!!! yes'sir'ee!!! ...... )Last edited: Jul 3, 2008
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we had to double clutch in school... now I float most of the time.
the old saying was... 25mph is 2+5 = 7 you want 7th gear.
35mph is 3+5 = 8 you want eighth gear.
45mph is 4+5 = 9 you want ninth gear.
80mph down hill... wake your co-driver up... he's gonna wanna see this...statikuz, BabiBoi357 and dgarrett0008 Thank this. -
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You should actually do what you feel most comfortable with because that will be the safest way to do it and will cause the least damage to the equipment....If you can float like a pro,but for some reason you have trouble double clutching,which do you think is going to put more of a strain on the driveline.
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in school, they made us double clutch, when I got out on my own, I floated the gears, after awhile I have adapted more to a mix of the 2. usually using the clutch to get the truck out of gear only tho. I've never had it depend on the load, I more or less use double clutching nowadays just to keep the skills there.
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The kungfu lock you experience is because your timing is off. Either that or you ran the rpms up way too high.
All students should be made to use the clutch when starting out. However once you're out on your own floating is much quicker and easier and will save your left leg and knee from a great deal of fatigue and pain in stop and go traffic.
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