Re: Clutches

[cleaving@domain.elided]

> tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera) wrote:
> 
> >Is this with a CLOSE ratio T19?  I would expect a wide T19 to be "slow" to
> >shift.. but a close?
> 
> Yup. With my current one (that has a new clutch, throwout bearings,
> etc and is generally fine) and my prior one (that probably didn't have
> more than 10-20k miles left in it).
> 
> I'm a little bummed about this, I guess I stupidly assumed that a truck's
> tranny would shift as quickly as my Probe GTs did.  Well, perhaps I'll
> have to practice Curt's double clutching on my *own* vehicle (sigh).
> 
> 
> Ken Farmer

Just to clarify, I described how I shift using the accellerator to 
synchronize the speeds of the front and rear parts of the transmission -
you don't have to double-clutch to do this (though it's the same accellerator
technique that you would use if you're double-clutching). It will still 
speed up and smooth out the shift, even if you don't double-clutch.

 Later,                curt_cleavinger@domain.elided  Louisville, CO
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