Switching gears
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Switching gears
Hey guys. I have a 99 Honda civic with manual tranny. I accidentally shifted into third gear today at around 24km/hr and I was wondering does it mess up the tranny shifting at high gear at such a low speed? Would it cause any problems shifting into high gear at such a low speed?
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no it just causes the motor to end up in a less than desirable rpm and may cause it to stall
just like starting from a stop sign and the motor stalls if you dont rev it up before you let off the clutch
just like starting from a stop sign and the motor stalls if you dont rev it up before you let off the clutch
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Re: Switching gears
@ OP:
As he said, nothing bad will happen - constantly doing it (and I mean every single time you start off) will lower the life of the clutch and if you drag it enough to not stall, the engine as well.
But we're talking a ***-ton, like every day on a regular basis, if this just happened a couple [hundred] times it's perfectly okay.
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