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I can pull it out of 5th into neutral without pressing in the clutch?

One day it was rainy and my foot slipped when I went to put in the clutch but didnt think and pulled it out of 5th anyway and it came out no problem. Tried it again and it's hard to believe it even stays in gear :crazy:

Is this a problem? Is my clutch going?
 
i believe its called floating the gears. i can start out in first shift to second and then actually float the gears all the way to fifth. just rev match. i just dont do it now since i rebuilt my tranny.
 
Interesting thread...I've actually wondered about this myself and have never seen a discussion about it. When I'm coasting to a stop, I can't pull the shifter out of gear (any gear) without clutch until my speed or RPM, don't know which, drops to a certain point. After the car has slowed down enough, I can pop into neutral with no clutch. I can actually feel the point at which whatever it is "lets go," as there is a very gentle nudge--don't know how to describe it--in the deceleration if the clutch is still engaged. I don't know much about trannys, what's behind all this?
 
Thought you could only clutchless shift with a sequential gearbox. Pretty interesting :cool:
 
You are discussing techniques of clutchless shifting. Truckers do it all the time. Some trucks don't even need a clutch to pull away from a stop as long as there is any truck movement at all when you try to engage 1st gear.

When I learned how to drive a big rig in the woods of western Washington on logging roads, I only needed to clutch about 10% of the time. I needed that much because I was a "rookie".

Today I occasionally shift without a clutch, but I mostly consider it to be a parlor trick.
 
No. Just working torque. When not accelerating, it is easy to pull a transmission out of gear. It is easiest instantly after releasing the throttle.

As someone above mentioned, there is natural resistance to going into gear until the speeds are matched, at which point it glides into place. If you pull it out of gear as you release the throttle, for an upshift, allow the engine speed to drop as you apply gentle pressure on the shifter toward the next gear. When the speeds match it glides in. For a down shift, the engine needs to be gently revved instead of allowing the engine speed to drop.
 
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