Downshifting

"prosidius, post: 5552986, member: 184647"]I don't recall if the jake was on. The roads I tried to downshift on were flat with no down/upgrade. I'm not engaging the clutch brake while downshifting, no.

My process for downshifting goes:

1.) Clutch, shift to neutral
a.) If I know I'm going way too fast, I'll hit the brakes before clutching to neutral.
2.) Rev RPMs to about 1500.
3.) Clutch, try for lower gear.

^^brake to 1100 give or take, clutch, neutral, clutch gear, all in one motion. Like a 4 count for dancing


a.) If gear won't engage, brake a bit, rev engine and try again.
a.) If gear still won't engage, try for the same gear I just left or even a higher gear.

^^ same or higher? After several braking actions? Confirm please.


a.) All else fails, stop and start from scratch

 

The best way for him to pass is to cheat
Dog it low

 

I guess, he could push it down to 900, it would give him some breathing room... sounds like he is thinking float but acting dc

 

Ahh progressive shifting...

 

You're taking too much time for everything
You're confusing the truck
It doesn't know what you're trying to do
Don't hang around in neutral
Bump it and keep moving.
Make the truck your #####
Not the other way around.

 

Yea, but I got my cdl yesterday... I've double clutched for the last time lol. Drove the truck back from DPS and floated the whole way back. Shifted in intersections. Unstoppable lol

 

Atta boy!

 

I also suspect you're over juicing it
Just a small rev during your bump through neutral

 

As soon as you feel neutral give it a slight rev and keep a little pressure on the shifter toward the gear
Let it slide in on it's own
Don't force it