Shifting

Do you have to double clutch or can you just shift as you would on a pickup truck?

 

You either need to double clutch or float the gears...

You will be able to get by with poor clutching and shifting.. but you are damaging the clutch, gears and transmision...

 

it may depend on the truck, i have driven my truck over 500k, same clutch, but between 6th and 7th, i have to lightly touch the clutch to properly float

i have never double clutched my truck

 

You have to double clutch, they are not a synchromesh tranny for the most part, I heard that Volvo's or at least the early one's had a full synchromesh tranny like a pick up, never drove one as I have severe allergies to Volvo's. After awhile you can get good enough to shift without double clutching by not using the clutch at all.....

 

in my opinion is easier to float than to clutch, on up or down shifts.

 

For the past three weeks, all I have done is push the yellow button in and then pulled it down one space to the D. For backing up you have to put it up to the R. Remember to put your left foot on the brake when you are moving from N to either R or D. And to put it back in N when you pull the air knobs.

 

No, and no... unless you're not in the habit of flooring the pickup's clutch. It doesn't really matter; if the gears are in-sync, the gears are in-sync. Flooring a truck clutch engages the clutch brake and throws it all out of sync.

 

Up: I use light clutch pressure, so light that I'm probably just floating, on all low gears. I defiantly double clutch high gears.

Down: I always double clutch. I can't float down as fast as I can double clutching.

2003 Freightliner Colombia, Detroit 60, Eaton 10 speed

 

I drive a '13 Volvo with a D13 engine and an Eaton 10 speed. It's definatly not a synchromesh.

 

I had a 13 speed yesterday that I swear was a synchro tranny, it was so easy to drive that I thought it was a car.