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'Popping' a car out of gear: Bad for the clutch?
I have a 99 Nissan Altima with a manual transmission. Sometimes when I need to change gears or go into neutral, I 'pop' the gear - pull it into neutral without engaging the clutch. Is this going to damage the clutch, or anything else for that matter?
4 Answers
- LeAnneLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
It will take it's toll on the dog clutches - these are the small gears that the syncro assemblies engage - and continually pulling them apart when they are engaged or have a load on them will ultimately result in excessive wear and eventually no engagement.
- vrrJT3Lv 61 decade ago
It's not at all bad for the clutch, but very, very bad for the transmission. You may break the mechanism that holds it in gear. Then it will always pop out of that gear by itself. Then you'll need to get the transmission rebuilt.
BTW, forcing it into gear without the clutch fully released will wear the synchronizers. Too much of this will wear out the synchronizers. Then the gears will always grind.
- Robert MLv 71 decade ago
It won't hurt anything if you only do this once in a while. You are just taxing the synchronizer gears a little. If the engine speed and the trans gear are matched, the shifter will "pop" out easily and will not do any harm. If it grinds, don't do it anymore!
