Changing gears with mechanical sympathy.

[dsuk]

For some reason I have got into the habit with my current car to take my foot off the accelerator when I change gear.

My belief is that less torque going through the gearbox is more sympathetic on clutch and DMF.

Am I right? Or should I be doing something else?

[luckystrike]

The clutch and accelerator like it best when they're matched, so either don't touch them or dump them both to the floor at the same time. HTH

[kambites]

Double declutching and rev matching is the most sympathetic way to change gear. The most fun, too.

[lost_boy]

Rev matching ftw, I do this in the works van although I'm not sure I'm doing it right. Will find out if the gearbox sts its self.

[Matttracker]

A blip of throttle or rev to around 2.5k is much healthier in a downchange. Changing up is not so bad

[rsv gone!]

If you aren't using the accelerator to match speeds of gearbox and engine then you are increasing wear on your clutch friction plate.

[lost_boy]

^ That's what I do, when changing up just slot it out and slot it in the next gear up with a slight pause between.

[Joe5y]

dsuk said:

For some reason I have got into the habit with my current car to take my foot off the accelerator when I change gear.

Am I the only one to think that this is normal? If you didn't you'd ride the clutch everytime you change gear?!

[luckystrike]

I think he's parodying another thread.