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Don Stauffer wrote:
> wrote: > > Some cars used to have a reverse lockout which helped to prevent > > disaster when overvigorously > > shifting. > > > > It isnt likely you would get it completely into reverse while moving > > forward, but even to snag a little > > bit of the gear could, would, cause splinters to fly. > > > > > > > The percentage that had that lockout was small, in my experience. > None of my cars had it. I have driven ones that did, however. > Usually it required an upward 'lifting' of the lever when going into > reverse. Most of the (new-ish) cars I've driven have had a reverse lockout of some kind on the lever mechanism. Several kinds come to mind: Push down on lever whilst moving to reverse Pull up on lever whilst moving to reverse Pause in the centre of the pattern (neutral) first, then to reverse Two-fingered handle to pull up whilst moving to reverse |
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> > Trying to understand more about manual's, and came across this > excellent article: > > http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission5.htm > > However, here's the part I don't get: What is preventing the driver > from shifting into reverse while going 60 miles an hour? The damage deposit you left with the auto rental agency. -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ definition: recursion; see recursion. |
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On Tue, 24 May 2005 20:19:04 GMT, Don Bruder > wrote:
>In article >, > Mike Romain > wrote: > >> wrote: >> > >> > Trying to understand more about manual's, and came across this >> > excellent article: >> > >> > http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission5.htm >> > >> > However, here's the part I don't get: What is preventing the driver >> > from shifting into reverse while going 60 miles an hour? >> > >> >> Absolutely nothing, I have done it. I hit reverse in a car once and >> only locked the rear wheels into a chirp when I realized it. Nothing >> blew up.... I was lucky.... > >Yep, that would make two of us - Although I accomplished mine in a car >with an automatic. Had this "hit the lights all green" strategy that >seemed to do *WAY* better than 75% - Come off the the north/south >freeway onto the east/west freeway leading into town, and mash the >throttle for all it could give me/all traffic allowed in the space >between the end of the off-ramp and the "Freeway ends 1 mile" sign. >Usually that meant I'd be hitting somewhere between 70 and 80 as I blew >past the sign. Bump the shifter into neutral, and coast in to the first >light, which would (more often than not) change green just as I rolled >up at about 40-ish. If I caught the first one, bumping it back into gear >and holding at 40 would put me through the entire ten light sequence >with every one of them green my way. > >One day I did this for probably the 100th time, if not more, only my >"bump" was a bit too energetic, and I went through neutral and into >reverse... <SHREEEEEIIIIIIIIK!> Smoking rubber, ass-end juddering around >like it was about to go into bucking bronco mode, and me grabbing wildly >at the gearshift with one hand while trying to keep the car pointed >straight with the other, and the engine stalling out. It was a rather >"interesting" ride that I don't have any wish to go on again! > >Didn't do any damage (that was evident right then, anyway... Strongly >suspect that it WAS the death-stroke for the tranny, though, since it >was only a couple months later that the thing went completely >tango-uniform) but by all rights, that transmission should have gone off >like a bomb... Manual or automatic, they just aren't made for being >punched into reverse at 70+! Yea, other than burning the CRAP out of the reverse/high clutch pack (reverse/low if GMC, don't know Mopar trans too well, ) and the band, there's probably not too much else you could screw up. Of course, all that clutch material that's suddenly been given a permanent vacation from the disks (and the band!) would probably have contributed to the death of that trans... but, **** happens. -LMB |
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