Pulled shifter out of gear while poppin a u-turn
06-25-2016, 01:19 PM
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Pulled shifter out of gear while poppin a u-turn
hey guys,
Yesterday I pulled into a parking lot and popped a u turn at around 10 mph. I began the turn in second gear and mid turn my right elbow hit the shifter really hard and it went out of gear without the clutch depressed. I then shifted back into gear and there hasn't been any noticeable side effects since that accident.
I'm 5'2" so unfortunately I have to sit close
, hence why my elbow was able to hit the knob. Could I have done major damage??
Yesterday I pulled into a parking lot and popped a u turn at around 10 mph. I began the turn in second gear and mid turn my right elbow hit the shifter really hard and it went out of gear without the clutch depressed. I then shifted back into gear and there hasn't been any noticeable side effects since that accident.
I'm 5'2" so unfortunately I have to sit close
, hence why my elbow was able to hit the knob. Could I have done major damage??
06-26-2016, 02:31 AM
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I don't really know much on this, but it just went into neutral, you'll be fine... Theoretically no resistance, strain, or grinding should have occurred... I don't see any problems with that...
06-26-2016, 06:48 AM
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10 MPH doing a u-turn, so guessing the tranny wasn't under load, so not a problem at all.
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06-28-2016, 10:06 PM
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Dude,I have seen guys shift their cars without using the clutch entirely at WOT. When I first started learning stick on my first manual, it was a honda accord, I found out you could shift it out of gear easily without the clutch, but not so easy to get it back in. I did all sorts of bad things to my first manual transmission car, stuff that I would never purposefully do to my car nowadays. I guess my point is that that old honda was able to take that abuse I would think the TL could take a lot more than one mis shift. It has way beefier clutch than my old accord. That thing was so weak I toasted it trying to do a burnout on a hill, in the wet... And that car was pretty heavy and had like 100 horsepower less. And a five speed. Great memories though. I will never forget my first manual car, I havent bought another automatic since.
06-29-2016, 10:40 AM
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06-30-2016, 03:18 PM
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