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- From: mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (REAL LIFE?!?! HA!!)
- Subject: Re: Clutch and braking question.
- References: <1992Nov23.161025.10933@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:48:04 GMT
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- jdawson@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan A Dawson) writes:
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- >I had a couple of questions and I was hoping I could get an answer or two here.
- >I learned to drive a standard when I was 15 and I always wondered if when you
- >press the clutch if the engine and driveshaft are completely diengaged or if
- >there is still some friction between the clutch plates?
-
- There is a negligible amount of friction when the clutch is completely dis-
- engaged. To see this, just put a friend in your car, jack up the rear end,
- and have him start the engine in first with his foot on the clutch. The rear
- wheels should turn slowly.
-
- >I also got a new vehicle this weekend and in the operator's manual it stated
- >that when stopping the car, to apply the brakes and then right before stopping
- >completely to push in the clutch. I've always pressed in the clutch before I
- >pressed on the brake. Is this wrong? It just seems to me to try to brake the
- >engine via the wheels (i.e. with the clutch engaged) seems odd.
-
- Doesn't make a big difference. If you don't disengage the clutch as you decel-
- erate, you get a little bit of braking help from the engine, but it doesn't
- make a big difference. As long as you don't lug/kill the engine by waiting too
- long to disengage the clutch, it makes no difference, wear-wise.
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