Skipping gears?
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Skipping gears?
Is there anything wrong when driving going from 1st gear to 5th? or 1st to 4th etc?
Also when on highway lets say does it hurt transmission to drop from 6th to 3rd? Just checking. My tranny is on way to T56rebuilds right now, but when driving as it was when I would go form 6th, would grind when going down to 3rd/4th. Wasn't as bad going up but did grind sometimes.
Also when on highway lets say does it hurt transmission to drop from 6th to 3rd? Just checking. My tranny is on way to T56rebuilds right now, but when driving as it was when I would go form 6th, would grind when going down to 3rd/4th. Wasn't as bad going up but did grind sometimes.
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I skip all the time helps gas; in fact thats all the skip shift does is locks out 2nd and 3rd. I usually go from 1 to third or 1, 2, then 4th. 1st to 4th is just a little too much sometimes when going up a slight hill.
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Originally Posted by wrencher
I skip gears alot also. Get to speed & put it in 5th or 6th.
As for down shifting, you can overwork the syncro by trying to get intop a lower gear at high speed & low RPM. Thus a grind is the result. You can rev match that helps a ton.
As for down shifting, you can overwork the syncro by trying to get intop a lower gear at high speed & low RPM. Thus a grind is the result. You can rev match that helps a ton.
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Skipping gears can be ok, but any grinding noise is always bad to some degree. As was already mentioned, rev matching cuts down on clutch and transmission wear.
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If you upshift, you lower your engine rpms to match the speed you are at for the next higher gear. When downshifting, you raise rpms to match. This keeps the transmission from having to pull the engine up or down to match vehicle speed for the different gear. This reduces stress on every component in the drivetrain.
edit-doesn't your sig read A4?
edit-doesn't your sig read A4?
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6th gear at 45 is right at 1000 rpms, that doesnt feel too bad, but i dont accelerate in 6th at all. If the speed limit is 45 im in 6th right at 45, if it is 55 then i am in 6th right at 55. It only feels bad when you accelerate in 6th, cruising is fine...i think