How to Properly Float Gears?

There are two numbers you shift at on your RPM gauge. Once you learn which two for up and down you will find that the next gear is waiting for you at that RPM when you take her out of the previous gear and into the new one without any trouble or clutch.

I double clutch most all the time, however sometimes when pushed for time in bad traffic I'll do a bit of floating. Sometimes the jacobs is on as well, to "Kick" a engine down to the shift RPM, particularly those that take a long time to unwind RPM's

When I consider the pending surgeries on the left leg and future work to be done on the right one, it will be years of PT to get recovered probably. I'll just keep on until the joints tear it. Then get new ones dropped in.

 

Really? I was never taught how to double clutch and tried it a few times but was grinding gears. Said forget it and float the gears.

 

i'd say, ya gotta romance that trans b4 she give u some, lol........ you got some good advice already, ya got ya safety practice area down........ i'll add, with down shift, you'll learn to pay attention & match road speed with gear selection........egg shell, or take tha play out (sometimes youll feel tha gear rub) of next downshift gear selection, raise rpm, it'll dam near suck it into gear.......take your time, don't force, you'll get it with patience.....

 

How does floating gear? What's the time to shift gears? Why can't I sometimes get into neutral gear?

 

Here's an opinion from Eaton in a video entitled 'Professional Shifting'. The whole thing is fairly interesting, but the relevant comment comes at the 8:00 minute mark:

"Dale, Ive heard drivers bragging about being able to shift with only a single push of the clutch, or not using the clutch at all. Is that okay for the transmission?"

"No. You take a skillful driver, a professional driver, they can make at least 80% or more of the shifts without using the double clutching procedure. However for every missed shift that they do make, that progressively causes damage to the transmission..."

RT-18 manual transmission

 

I’ve owned 2 trucks and drove a couple for other guys. Never double clutched in my life. Only time I use the clutch is if it “hangs” in a gear when I’m trying to shift up.