"Stephen B." wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote
"Stephen B." wrote:

"Erik" wrote
"Bill Noble" wrote:
probably, but lawsuits don't bring back the dead. One advantage
of
driving
a standard transmission car is that there is almost nothing that
can prevent
you from disconnecting the engine from the drive train - you
have
both a
clutch and a shift lever (and the skill to use them).


Ahhh... but with some sticks you can be surprised by the
occasional
busted clutch cable.

Been there done that it is no problem to push out of gear so one
can
stop. The tricky part is knowing how to get home after the stop by
starting in first and then work your way up the gears by RPM
matching
so as not to destroy the transmission. Every clutch owner should
try
it out before it is absolutely needed.


Try getting home when every rivet in the clutch shears off,
allowing
the inner steel disk to spin inside the clutch disks.


I hope I will pass on that one.


I would have liked to. I went to shift gears, and only heard a high
pitched squeal when i let out the clutch. it was in a '73 Chevy Step
van, and had been replaced just before I bought the truck from a fleet
upgrade. The clutch looked like new, except for the missing rivets. They
had bought a bunch of imported crap parts, and it was obvious they
weren't up to the task when compared to the OEM clutch. The replacement
lasted until I retired the truck, almost 20 years later.


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