2006-06-08 22:32:27 · 9 answers · asked by esosa_omousoh 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Ah, your transmission will FALL OFF
2006-06-08 22:35:45 · answer #1 · answered by Stacy R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did this once by accident. I was racing another car and went to shift my automatic transmission from second to third and it skipped over drive and neutral and went all the way to reverse. I was lucky though and managed to pull out of the white knuckled high speed donuts and avoid a crash. It did not hurt my transmission but it was a built rear wheel drive transmission.
I would not advise anyone to do this and I will never do it again. As soon as I could I replaced that shifter with one that had a reverse lock. Hope I have been helpful.
2006-06-09 08:09:05 · answer #2 · answered by king_davis13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the most part, FALL OFF sounds very accurate. At top speed, your engine and transmission is turning one way (we'll call that forward) very VERY fast (as in, 8000+ rpm). When you shove it into reverse, it disconnects the engine from the transmission while both are still turning in the forward direction, and reconnects the engine to the transmission in the opposite direction. This causes problems. If the gears do not catch, you will strip your reverse gear; as a result, you will not be able to reverse. If they do (this is the more common occurence), you will snap the shaft and your transmission will fall apart and drop out from under your car. Not cool.
2006-06-09 05:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by seree 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well depends on the make of the transmission it would definitely lock the main shaft and the trans could explode, and if the motor was good and warm the trans fluid would catch fire very thin oil it would flash from the ehxt pipes or some transmissions have a reverse deterrent and you cant do That, but you would for a fact be walking after you did it the trans would be out for a very long lunch if you did not die from the crash and the cars behind you could not stop cause all the transmission fluid on the pavement behind you they would run you down greased lightning, i did see a car after someone put in park on the freeway and well th drive shaft well lets say i learned a new word call splayed the drive shaft look like a cigar when you put it out on the pavement and it went through and out the top of the car
2006-06-09 07:32:42 · answer #4 · answered by Mechanical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, automatic transmissions are built so they are very hard to destroy. If you shift into park or reverse while going fast enough forward, it just goes into neutral as a safety interlock. So, nothing actually happens.
2006-06-09 14:57:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't do that. You need to come to a full stop before you can move from drive to reverse.
2006-06-09 05:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by chihuahuadog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you survived the crash, you would need a new tranny and probably a whole new car. Hope you aren't planning any sudden moves there?
2006-06-09 05:40:45 · answer #7 · answered by MommaToldMeNotToCome 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing as when you shift to P for pass.
2006-06-10 16:21:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh GOOD BYE transmission
HELLO $2,000 repair bill (usually)
2006-06-09 21:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by rockydriver22 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋