Whenever my mother drives, she always shifts to the next gear after a given period of time, regardless of her speed.
So she will be going 35, shift to fourth, which is fine, then after five seconds, go into fifth. Nothing happens until she accelerates, and the car begins to vibrate violently.
If she keeps doing this, what might happen to the car?
2007-10-24 05:31:17 · 10 answers · asked by zenmaster4 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Damage the clutch
2007-10-24 05:34:24 · answer #1 · answered by Chief BaggageSmasher 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What mom is doing will cause some problems with the clutch, transmission, or the engine.
Look in the owners manual and you may have a chart in there that lists the speed ranges for each gear. Each gear has a range of speeds that keeps the motor turning at the proper RPM. If the engine is too slow, then you are putting a lot of parts in extreme stress.
The next time the engine lugs, tell mom to down shift to a lower gear.
2007-10-24 06:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The vibration is caused by the gearing int the transmission. The gears are different sizes going from small to large. These gears are designed to operate at determined number of rpm's. When you force the transmission to engage the larger gears at too low an rpm it creates resistance resulting in the vibrations you are experiencing. If you shift at too low a speed (rpm) the car will hop or lunge and stall out. It also causes damage to the clutch and throw out bearings because of kick back pressure from meshing of the lager gears before they are turning fast enough for optimal exchange. In short it is not a good thing to do on a continuing basis.
2007-10-24 05:41:41 · answer #3 · answered by dazedandconfused 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In a nutshell it will shake apart.
In kind words tell her to shift when the speed at the gear she wants so at 20 go to second third at thirty 4th forty and 5th 50 this is a good rule of thumb.
What she is doing is overloading the engine making it work harder than it has to pulling the vehicle. Issues down the road
1. clutch disc worn out
2. broken motor mounts.
3. poor fuel mileage
Now the mileage thing is open ended depending on how long she lugs the engine but regardless sometimes this happens so that's OK but not good as a technique.
2007-10-24 05:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Red 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
driving a stick shift is very like using a gun in my opinion. everyone over the age of 14 would desire to strategies to do the two properly and properly. That way while the will arises to do it, you're able to do it without endangering an harmless bystander.
2016-11-09 09:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell yeah because if shift early u can f**k up your engine
2007-10-24 05:47:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is very hard on u-joints and cv joints..if the car has any horsepower it can ruin the transmission as well..
it also throws extrema loads on the engine bearings and pistons
2007-10-24 05:35:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not good on the engine to lug it like that.
2007-10-24 14:17:53 · answer #8 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
going to 4th that quick is pretty hard on the clutch and the engine
2007-10-24 05:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by chad m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
BESIDES THE VIBRATION IT ALSO DEPOSITS A LOT OF CARBON IN THE MOTOR, WHICH EFFECTS GAS MILAGE AND PREFORMANCE.
2007-10-24 05:36:49 · answer #10 · answered by phototakergreyranger 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋