how to shift a international durastar with eaton 10 speed

Putting the clutch to the floor engages the clutch brake which should only be done when you are first putting it into gear to get moving. When shifting gears, only push the clutch as far as half way to avoid engaging and damaging the clutch brake. It don't take much clutch to smoothly get it out of gear. In fact it don't need any clutch at all but get that double clutching down before you try that.

 

At 18 years you already know this. As high of gear as possible without killing the engine. You don't dump the clutch, you feather it. Some of the things you see hear. Why would you be giving it any fuel to start out, and in order to drop a drive shaft you would have to be giving it fuel.

I take off loaded on 8%+ grade by the gysers near Napa, without touching the throttle, loaded to 80,000. And in 1st of course, but it does not take out the driveshaft, If I can do that then 3rd or 4th mt is fine. Where do these people get there information, Geeze.

 

That would b the correct rpm for the mph of the gear your attempting to shift into. Like dropping a gear you need to slow down (mph) first, dropping about 400 rpms, slide into neutral, bring rpms up about 400 tap the clutch drop into gear. Smoothly and quietly.

I was taught with a cup of hot coffee on the dash, if you spill the coffee it will burn your leg. Great incentive.

 

I hope these bunch of pissed off Idiots who think they know it all heard you! Thanks for coming to my rescue.

 

Never engage the clutch brake unless the truck is at a full and complete stop. Dead Stop.

 

With the wrong RPM, You won't get in the correct gear to match your speed. You'll end up rolling in neutral untill you can figure out what gear you need to be in at what RPM you need to get it at. With my truck, if I was moving at 35 MPH on flat ground, I would need 7th gear at about 1600 RPM or 8th at about 1100. If I was going up hill and loosing speed I'd need less RPM for 7th and if I missed it I'd need to get 6th gear at a higher RPM and so on. If I was going down hill and gaining speed I'd need more RPM for 7th or less RPM for 8th and so on.

 

Yeah I should have put that in there. Don't engage the clutch brake if you are rolling at even a crawl. just shift into the proper gear to match your speed and continue on.

 

Lol yea I know this. What I should have said is..."I dont see any harm in starting out in 3rd under the right circumstances"

 

Sonny boy, I have more miles in the past 38 years covering everything from logging rigs in the woods to running tankers in conditionsb that would make your butt whistle. I am not interested in coddling some looking for the easy way out newbie nor in giving him bad info. You want someone to feed you pablum, go see your mommy. We're professionals here.

Look junior...... learn your gear ratios in that trans. I run the same trans in my tanker. It has a tare weight of 34000 pounds; that's 17 tons. When you start in a too high gear you do get enough slippage that it heats the clutch linings. Enough of that will not only glaze the linings but also heatspot the flywheel/ floater discs. I'm sure your boss will appreciate replacing a clutch long before it's due. Personally, I'd fire your butt in a heartbeat.

Use the #### trans and clutch the way they were designed for. Those people have alot more smarts than some steering wheel holder.