help with double clutching

Yep that is what school told us must double clutch. And yes on the back shifting - 2 gears for stop signs 1 for stop lights.
Dave ----

 

LOL, truth is, IF I had to retest tom. I would probably fail, haven't DC'ed in a VERY long time.

 

Double clutch like a PRO???? That just sounds sooo oxymoronic to me. I suppose I could double clutch like a pro, but I have not done it in almost a year. I just doulbe rabbit punch the clutch and shift. I can double clutch a semi just as fast I can shift a syncronized transmission.

Having said all that, if you want to SHIFT like a PRO...........FLOAT.

 

Exactly. Its the safest way for rookies to shift.....UNTIL they learn how to float.

Its wasn't that long ago that I was a new rookie. Now I am just an experienced rookie.

 

Why would you need to double clutch a synchronized transmission?

 

For me, shifting to nuetral and then into the next gear is one fluid motion. I have light presures against the stick so that it drops out of gear at the soonest possible moment when I press in the clutch. The clutch is pressed twice very quickly, about 1/3 of the way down, and it goes right into the next gear.

Moving the shift handle, from one gear to the next, is one fluid movement with a quick double rabbit punch of the clutch pedal. That is as professional as I could get DCing. I have not even done it in over 10 months. I can float the gears quite effectively, but it will be many more miles before I think I will be a PRO at it.

 

You need to know how to use the clutch properly, Heavy load, steep grade with heavy loads, not using the clutch when loaded heavy puts undue strain on your trans and driveline.

You need to know this, floating is not necessarily the sign of a seasoned driver, stressing about or making a big deal about is a sure sigh of a hack trying to slip under the wire. Take your time learn the correct way to drive theres plenty of thime later for cutting corners.

The timing wheb you float or double clutch is the same. tap out, release tap in. Remeber on your down shift you slow down (lose road spped) before you down shift. Down shifting a truck is not for slowing down.

 

What??????

 

In a truck you slowdown first with your brakes, rpms down to about 1000 or 1100, then dowm shift. Jake brakes are for maintaining speed also not for slow down. Brakes are for slow down.