Floating gears

as previously stated, the key is not to force anything....you can float all day long without causing any damage....but its the learning part that could put your truck in the shop!!! Once your girl gets to know you, she will let you ride her how you like. :O

 

Just like it, but different............

 

Seriously? So according to you everyone who has ever asked a question will fail. What a dumbs**t statement.

I have always heard floating was the way to go but my instructor said it ruins the trans. And yes I am learning double clutching for the DMV test.

 

And remember every truck can be different. We have a couple "west coast"(geared for mountain driving) trucks assigned to our barn. The have tons of power, but the shift points are at a higher RPM than the "non west coast" trucks. All can be floated with ease, but knowing your truck is key.

 

I go back and forth, I have gotten so used to double clutching its just 2nd nature. When in bad traffic I tend to float more since I get clutch leg. I know when I was driving a volvo the clutch went in easy and it wasnt so bad, my international on the other hand takes a ton more pressure to depress that clutch. Also with downshifting I tend to always double clutch, as stated as long as you know what your doing and dont force then there will be no problems. I know my buddy who also trained me has been floating with the same truck for 5 years and he also has had students and never had trans issues. He doesnt normally let the students float though unless they show they can drive well and be able to get it down quickly.

 

if your instructor says it ruins the transmission and everyone else says that floating is the way to go, then that would mean one or three things:

1. Most of the people who have floated gears have ruined a tranny.
2. Your instructor can't float. If he could, he wouldn't have ever told you that.
3. Your instructor knows doesn't think you can do it without grenading a transmission.

So what do YOU think? Before you asked about whether or not floating harms the transmission, NO ONE even spoke of it. OP put 'floating' in the title. If it were bad, someone would have, within the first two posts would have said so. Wouldn't you think so?

 

well floating is bad but only if the person cannot do it right

I would suggest you get double clutching down first, get to know your truck and rpms and then once you know those shift points learn to float

 

Had a clutch done recently, at 825,000 miles so I asked the shop to pull the top cover off the trans and fix as necessary. It needed nothing and was apparently "like new". This included pulling 140,000# in BC going up and down hills like in my avatar all the time.

I never double clutch and I never jam it into gear