switching trans to low side when slowing down harmful?

Whoever told you that is smoking grass.

 

He needs to do something otherwise hes going to end up going thru the light.What would you do in this case?

 

Sorry. Misread your post. Put it in low range if stopped.

 

Of course its not a good idea to make that a habit.If you keep doing it then you need to practice your shifting.But if once in a great while sometimes you have to coast to the lite if you can't get it into gear.What you should do is always looks far ahead and once you see a light stop sign traffic ect start your down shifting and by the time youre at the lite you'll be in the gear youre suppose to be and youll come to a smooth safe stop.

 

That's what brakes are for!

 

To be honest I'm not exactly sure what your question is. To answer the question in the thread title, no it's not harmful to switch to low range while slowing. If you're rolling and need to go from high to low you should flip it to low range before you take it out of gear.

 

Ya but your trk will die if you don't put the clutch in at the same time you brk.