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Saving my (expensive) clutch.
I've just began driving my first manual, and was reading beginner's
guides online when I came accross one that stated, "one should never rev the engine while letting the clutch out." And thought, wait, that's exactly what I've been doing. My modus operandi from starting from a dead stop has been to: 1. Find catch-point (release clutch nearly all of the way) 2. Rev engine 3. Release clutch I find this especially lovely on hills, to keep from rolling back when I let go of the break. But after reading this I fear I may be subjecting my clutch to undue wear and tear. Can anyone help? - Ron |
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I drive a rather heavily modified 1996 Hyundai Tiburon.
Admittedly one that is alot more than I can handle at my current level of experience with the environment in which I drive. Anyhow, when releasing the clutch to the "catch-point", I found that the car will move forward quite boldly on its own, even up hills (this is how I discovered where the catch-point was). I quickly realized that driving like this for any length of time must be bad for my clutch. But what I thought was OK, was to quickly release the clutch to this point, before giving the engine any gas and releasing the clutch entirely. Because this all happened almost instantaneously. To clarify, the environment in which I live is Korea, coasting backwards in even the slightest can be very hazardous to your pocket-book. But then, so can a new clutch... Thanks for the info. - Ron |
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Alex Rodriguez wrote: > In article >, > says... > > >NEVER use the clutch to hold position on hills. > >That is what the handbrake is for. > > Handbrake?? What if your car has a footbrake? I've done fine just using > the regular brake and some quick foot action. > -------------- > Alex Same here. I can't recall when I last saw a car other than the sport types with a real handbrake. I always wonder about that when this subject comes up and also when people talk about using the handbrake to slow down so a cop doesn't see the brake light or using it to make the rear slide out in cornering. Harry K |
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Harry K wrote: > Alex Rodriguez wrote: > > In article >, > > says... > > > > >NEVER use the clutch to hold position on hills. > > >That is what the handbrake is for. > > > > Handbrake?? What if your car has a footbrake? I've done fine just using > > the regular brake and some quick foot action. > > -------------- > > Alex > > Same here. I can't recall when I last saw a car other than the sport > types with a real handbrake. I always wonder about that when this > subject comes up and also when people talk about using the handbrake to > slow down so a cop doesn't see the brake light or using it to make the > rear slide out in cornering. The handbrake is the 'European' name. I gather you call it the parking brake. Never engage the parking brake whilst in motion. It can have unexpected effects ( like the stunts in movies ). Graham |
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"Harry K" > wrote in
oups.com: > > Alex Rodriguez wrote: >> In article >, >> says... >> >> >NEVER use the clutch to hold position on hills. >> >That is what the handbrake is for. >> >> Handbrake?? What if your car has a footbrake? I've done fine just >> using the regular brake and some quick foot action. >> -------------- >> Alex > > Same here. I can't recall when I last saw a car other than the sport > types with a real handbrake. I always wonder about that when this > subject comes up and also when people talk about using the handbrake > to slow down so a cop doesn't see the brake light or using it to make > the rear slide out in cornering. > > Harry K > > What kind of cars have you guys been driving? Every Honda/Acura I've owned has had a handbrake,and I believe other "foreign" makes have them,too,sport or plain old sedans. Of course,I suspect the American brands still don't have handbrakes. Those are just parking brakes,useless for anything else. (what do you guys call "real" handbrakes?) I'm not too sure about using the HB for slowing to avoid speeding tix,or making the rear slide out except on dirt(road rallies) and slick surfaces(ice,snow,wet pavement),as you don't get a lot of braking force with it. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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