[DML] Re: Clutch Problems

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

After having seen what a DMC trans looks like with ground-up 
syncronizers, and what they cost to replace, I'd rather spend the 
$100 on the tow truck. You've only got to mis-shift one time to turn 
a $400 clutch job into a $1400 clutch and transmission job. 

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> ( moderator's note: The suggestion here to start the car in gear 
without the clutch is a technique that is potentialy dangreous and 
isn't condoned or recommended as an alternative to a flatbed or tow 
truck. Bruce Benson, current moderator )
> 
> 
> If you drive a stick shift, you need to learn and practice "RPM
> shifting" before something like this happens (down South we call it
> "slam shifting", which sounds terrible but is actually quite 
gentle).
> Once familiar with the progressive shift points in your car -- the
> points at which various transmission gears are synchronized with
> engine RPM's -- you can slip right into them without disengaging the
> clutch at all!




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