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03-23-2009, 06:47 PM

#21

SikO7GT

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I've done it before once too and it kinda confused me! I thought you needed the clutch in to pop it out but then i read somewhere you could actually pop the gear into neutral without the clutch so i felt better!!

03-23-2009, 06:47 PM

#22

kingsofcrunk

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Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: Amarillo, TX

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chain1

It's normal. You can do it with any gear if your revs are right.

X2 if you match it up just right you can do it with any gear. Truckers do it all the time with semis. Hell I did it the other day to see which gears I could pull it off with. Now, if your shifter pops out of gear without you touching it, then you have a problem.

03-23-2009, 07:07 PM

#23

SirKnightTG

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Grinder88

I think you guys just proved that the need to push in the clutch to shift is a conspiracy from the man trying to make one leg stronger than the other so we cant walk in straight lines making it seem like we are drunk when we get pulled over allowing them to slap us with fines so they can sit in their fancy houses for one more day

LOL!!

I like that theory. It just may be true!

The Truth Is Out There. Trust No One.

03-23-2009, 07:07 PM

#24

shoeys08dkcandygt

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Location: TN

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thanks again guys for clearing everything up for me. makes me feel a lot better. she has been really good since i got her. never been in the shop for anything more than an oil change. and if you saw my other post, last friday, it wont be going to the dealer for oil changes anymore.

and kings yeah hopefully that wont ever happen. lol

03-23-2009, 09:13 PM

#25

gtguyonli

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Join Date: Dec 2008

Location: New York

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Totally normal, I do it all the time when I am coasting to a light, just the right RPM and speed and it pushes right out.

03-24-2009, 05:39 PM

#26

Twinbo

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If there are any truck drivers on here they will let you know this is normal. I know they typically drive without the clutch sometimes.
The "right" revs depend on the gear you are in. The way I understand it is when the engine RPMs match up with the gear selected no clutch is needed disengage that gear.
I had a hydraulic system blow on a Saab (never again) and had to shift like this for about 20 miles until I could get it to my mechanic.

03-24-2009, 08:16 PM

#27

atomicpunk

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Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: Pa. outside Philly

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I work on and drive trucks and it's normal to be able to shift into neutral without the clutch. If you are accelerating or decrelerating with the drive line under a load it will be hard to do and bad.
Truck transmissions do not have synchronizers like our manual Mustangs. You have to match the engine RPM's to the driveshaft RPM's to get gears, takes a little while to learn. Thats why truck transmissions are called "crash boxes".
I found that the more miles on the truck transmission the easier it is to shift without the clutch- like over 250,000 miles, they get loose as they wear.
Our work pickup trucks used to be all Ford F-Series stick shifts and we had an old one with over 300,000 miles that we beat on. I shifted it without the clutch, it could be done but you couldn't rush and it wasn't smooth, but no grind.

Last edited by atomicpunk; 03-24-2009 at 08:18 PM.