Shiftin' Question

LMAO..you are so full of it..

and if the clutch is depressed the jake won't trigger..it all comes down to timing.

Floating or double clutching is personal preference only unless dictated by your company..and most copanies listen to the manufacturers that say DOUBLE CLUTCH

Petey

 

Only time the engine brake comes on is if i hit the brake pedal. So i know its not that, although your right. It only happens when i try to merge onto the interstate, so i must be rushing it. Ill slow down my shifts on the higher side. Should do it. Thank you

sent from DrtyDiesel

 

In fact. If youre really trying to pick iup speed quick using the jake to drop your rpms in between shifts or double up shifts works too. Although i think most of us have outgrown that type of "hot doggery"

 

Funny how they like to bash jakes but ignore the fact that auto transmissions use the jake to shift.

 

I won't own an automatic.

 

I have drove an automatic and an automated, I prefer a manual but if I am forced into one it would be the automated. Atleast I know the strength of the tranny is still there that way.

 

Well I've been working on my timing. Im now better at floating than DC. Thing is its as if it happened over night. I'm not bragging by any means. I think it's just my timing. Today I kept grinding, then said screw it and started floating, no problems after that. Every shift but a couple were slip in slip out. So i will say i still DC down shifting, but I now float up and its like a knife in butter. I just take my time and it works. Thanks for the help guys

Ethan

 

The only time I might use the clutch while shifting is when going up a steep mountain. It will help assure the gear goes in all the way. You don't want that puppy popping out during a hard pull. It can prove catastrophic. It can scare the sheet out of ya too.

 

That's what i was told. Pulling a grade DC but on flat terrain its fine.

Ethan

 

floating down is pretty easy too..