Never Do THIS to Your Manual Transmission Car
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- A Master Automotive Technicians shares things you should never do to your manual transmission car
So Never Do This to Your Manual Transmission folks. In this video I share with you some tips on things that can be damaging to your manual transmission's clutch and the transmission itself.
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0:00 Intro
0:43 Protect your Clutch
6:45 Protect your Transmission - Авто та транспорт
I remember teaching a friend how to drive my manual Honda Civic. He was pretty rough with the gear shift. I told him to imagine that the gear knob was an egg, and not to break the egg. He instantly shifted much more smoothly. My two cents worth.
I tell guys to treat the gear lever like it is your johnson. That gives them a mental picture of how much force you should put on it. Don't grab the gearshift lever, use your fingertips, and if the gear doesn't engage easily, you might be trying to downshift into too low a gear for your speed. That's a "money shift", and that isn't good!
@@dougrobinson8602 What do you tell the ladies?
An image I also wish someone told me learning manual is literally imagining the clutch, my brother never exactly told me how the clutch engages, so I didn't know what to visualize. I found a vid that talked about how they're essentially 2 discs that you have to mate and mate smoothly, never had a problem with an uphill start or stationary start since.
Dude that's how you make someone fall in love with driving
@@dougrobinson8602 What do you do about the death-grip guys?
Taught my newly licensed niece to drive a manual transmission in my '72 Mercedes 220 Diesel. You never heard such grinding in your life. She went on to a be a lifetime fan of automatics. I went on to purchasing $550 worth of parts and finding which one of my shop techs had experience with those gearboxes. No good deed goes unpunished........
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I drive a '82 w123 auto, really been wanting to manual swap it someday so I can properly row my boat
That was on you for trying to teach her on that dinosaur. Should of used a small honda they are the easiest to learn/teach.
I love manuals. Made sure my son's first car was a manual. We currently have a manual FJ Cruiser & manual BMW e46.
Another pro tip is to approach red lights slowly, because many times, by the time you get there, the light turns green and you'll have saved yourself from having to use the clutch from a stop, which is when you use the most clutch material.
common sense aint common
Exactly, that will save a lot of fuel and brake wear too not to mention being safer. I don't understand why so many people seem to think being the first person to slam their brakes on for a red light is some kind of an accomplishment. All they really accomplished is burning more gas, wearing their vehicle unnecessarily, and putting themselves and others at a higher than necessary risk.
That’s the same in traffic. Why ride bumper to bumper when you can just coast in first gear by leaving a little space in between you and the car in front of you. I drive a big rig and can drive through most big cities without ever coming to a complete stop, even during rush hour.
@@Coonazz791 Agreed!
I'll usually downshift into first and creep along. Most of the time the light turns before I have to stop
For us minority MT drivers, it's always good to have reminders of how to keep ours going.
Agreed!
Wow what a great video. I’ve yet to need to replace a clutch on any of my cars by following AMD’s same protocols. I’ll add a couple points:
1. Don’t wear thick/high heeled or soled shoes if you can avoid it. Beefy shoes really diminish your sense of touch with the clutch pedal.
2. If you face lots of stop and go commuting daily, Think twice about buying manual if you have other options. Dragging though daily traffic wears out clutches and your left foot :D I love driving manual…until I’m stuck for 30 minutes in heavy traffic.
Great video AMD!
quite true. I have a 2019 toyota 86 trd, and it is only is only used on the weekends. Stop and go traffic will give you a disdain for manual trans. vehicles pretty quickly...
I work in a factory and wear heavy steel toe boots. Sometimes I go barefoot on the way home...
Not only your foot, your knee and hip too!
Good tip about thin soled shes to feel the pedals . I used to have to wear safety boots at work but always changed into light shoes when i finished work . Tried driving in the safety boots a couple of times , nightmare
@@ozarklife9996 might save gas too
Good advice on using neutral while stopped. I wore out a throw out bearing on my manual transmission Mazda RX-7 many years ago by leaving the transmission in first gear and just pushing down on the clutch while waiting at stop lights. It was a costly, but worthwhile lesson for many more years of driving manual transmissions.
Modern cars have brake hold too, don't have to hold down any pedals when you are stopped.
@@nobodylmportant actually that's hurting your transmission, since the gear is still engaging Drive each time. The force wears our your clutch. Either case, don't argue with your girlfriend if you actually like her and want her around. They have big feelings. ua-cam.com/video/ULcSauSJrsY/v-deo.html
Yeah only put that shit into first when you know you’re going to be moving
@@LAactor hello, just watched this video, enjoyed it and learned a couple things. Unlike a lot of commenters I've been a gearhead for many years, especially 2 wheels, with extensive racetrack experience, so I guess I have some knowledge. Actually your comment is incorrect, automotive transmissions DON'T have a clutch, they have something called a torque converter. An automatic transmission is quite a different device from its manual counterpart. Cheers!!!!
Oops correction Automatic transmissions. Everyone have a good day.
Coming from a manual family. I've owned 3 automatics. Sold them & my last 3 were manuals. I've never looked back. Manuals are truly fun & a real driving experience. I'm leaning towards the Corolla GR manual next only because I see true Toyota technology over the Supra. Thanks for the video. I feel soo much better knowing I've been doing it right all these years.
The new mk5 supra doesn't even have a Toyota engine, engine's from bmw, electronics, etc which I am definitely not a fan off. You're better off buying a GR corolla
It's only fun if you live in the place where there's not a lot of traffic jams. I'm all for manuals when I'm in smaller towns, but in a big city it gets old very quickly.
@@dmytrotarasov9477that’s because everyone wants to ride bumper to bumper. I drive a big rig and can get through most traffic jams without ever coming to a stop. You can drive a car with a manual the same way. You’re not getting anywhere faster by riding up the person’s butt. Just back off a lil.
Don't even own a Toyota. I own a Honda Fit manual transmission and I always learn something from you AMD. Thank you!
You just own the perfect quirky car
@@kojsiusoaliu6772 thank you! It's a great car. A shame it's no longer on the US market.
@@MrKaystew the new one is perfect for european roads, EV mode barely all the time, (engine works as a generator at normal speed) it's so smooth during city drive. Everyhing's perfect except it's batteries issues, but no big deal compared to every other crappy car brands
I am going to share my experience with a problem I had after replacing the oil of my 2014 rav4 manual transmission. The problem was the shift gear binded in gear, specially when trying to move from first to neutral. The problems was similar to not fully pressing the clutch pedal, but the actual problem was that I had slightly overfilled the gear box. Only 0.2 litres were enough to cause this weird problem.
PERFECT video and suggestions. I have been driving manuals for 40 years. I learned the hard way when I was younger. LISTEN TO The Car Care Nut folks!! And I'll never forget (before UA-cam existed) PBS CAR TALK Tom & Ray always saying: "Brakes are for slowing the vehicle; NOT the transmission"
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Never heard of the upshift rev matching suggestion so I tried it on a few of my sports cars - I think it is just "Plain STUPID"🤡🤡🤡 & unintuitive. Of course, it "may" be "incrementally" better for the drive train❓❓
Does anyone ever do upshift rev-matching on the regular - I DOUBT it...
Learned the hard way too, destroyed my throw out bearing and it left me stranded.
@@TerryManitoba Every upshift I do is rev matched to the best of my ability. Nobody's perfect, but I try. You can also change how quickly you move the gear lever to let the engine settle into the correct rpm for the next gear. Most people do it too quickly, which wears synchros.
@@dougrobinson8602 I've never had to open a manual trany for synchro repair over the last 45 years of driving.
If I were to slowly upshift rev match - I'd likely roll over die and get a CVT🤡🤡🤡
Until then I'm going to enjoy fast shifting & actually enjoying the car for what it was meant to do.
I have owned a manual transmission vehicle since I was 16 (30 years).
My current manual transmission vehicle is a 2007 Corolla with 245k miles on her.
This is great advice. Thank you.
Hill assist was at first annoying to me but now that I'm used to it I absolutely LOVE it. It makes those steep starts on a rainy day so much less stressful. Even after decades of driving manual those situations can be stressful. Either you don't have enough power and you stall or you have way too much and you go sideways. Gotta be careful and quick to get it right. Hill assist allows you to only focus on the clutch and accelerator without having to fight against the roll back. Basically you just gas it as normal if your car has the torque.
I agree with most points except with slowing via engine braking/downshifting. I know what is being said here but for proper safety, you need to be in an effective gear at all times. In many Europrean driving exams, you must always downshift to demonstrate you have full control of the car (in other words, you can accelerate/decelerate at all times). If you learn to downshift rev-match reasonably well, this is going to provide more vehicle control. You need to downshift up certain grades or to change speeds without stopping. This happens all the time so you need to learn to match revs as best you can regardless. While this does increase wear, you could argue that this is actually just normal wear and tear for driving a manual properly and that not doing so does reduce wear but also reduces vehicle control and safety. I'll take vehicle control and safety over saving a bit of clutch wear. And if you are gentle with your shift lever than there shouldn't be excessive transmission wear that would cause transmission failure before all the other components in your car started failing. To each their own but this the only point I think is perhaps a bit oversimplified. An automatic downshifts for a good reason and you need to as well. Learning to not burn the clutch while doing so is the main challenge here but that all comes down to skill and practice.
In my accord v6, i downshift revmatch always all the way down to 2nd gear so my rpms stay between 2000-3000.
Downshift revmatching puts no wear on the system if you do it right. If you are really good, you could stretch a single clutch out for far longer than normal.
If the car doesn't lean forward at all when you revmatch, you know you've done it perfectly. If it does increase wear, i think it's offset by not needing to replace brake pads as often, and the small amount of fuel you save when you're engine braking.
One important thing to know is that semi truck drivers have like 20+gears. They are always in gear, which means they're constantly rev matching and double clutching. I also double clutch on the 2nd to 3rd upshift just because i can and 3rd in my car has always been finicky. If I'm flooring it, i don't double clutch, but I've been working on the double clutch heel toe rev match, i can do it sometimes but it's hard af.
I just hate rolling up to a stop in neutral. I like rolling down through second gear until I'm just above idle, then i push the clutch and put it in neutral so I'm not just holding the clutch down
Well said
> you need to be in an effective gear at all times
I disagree. Every time you shift, you are out of gear, if even for just a split second. Coasting down hill is just an extended shift!
He says you need to downshift to decrease wear because it’s less sudden shifting. Might need to rewatch that section
@@NoBaconForYou you’re missing the point I think. His arguments in the video in regards to down shifting are:
Yes, Do down shift when you need. Don’t downshift unnecessarily.
When do you need to? Going up a hill or slowing down. You can slow down while in 6th and downshift to 3rd eventually. Just don’t downshift every gear.
Pressing your clutch that much IS going to wear your clutch a bit (not crazy amount because if you rev match properly it does minimize the wear).
It WILL wear your pressure plate.
It WILL wear your master and slave cylinder.
Your brakes are dirt cheap and way simpler to replace than all those parts. Braking while in gear will help and you can still downshift but only to one other gear probably. Not necessary to downshift every gear.
Trucking is also different than normal driving. They have a huge load to consider and their brakes are not strong enough to constantly apply pressure (too much heat) so they must also engine brake. It’s a different driving condition that normal cars simply don’t need to worry about unless you’re towing as well.
You are extending the life of your clutch more than someone who doesn’t rev match will but you’re decreasing the life of your master and slave cylinders and the pressure plate.
When I first learn to drive, manual was common, automatic were inefficient and use more gas. Went through 5 cars with manual until it was much less standard. My brother has a Fiesta ST and I get to drive that from time to time and what a joy it is. Still remember how to shift after nearly 20 years of no practice.
Ahmed, thanks for another great video. When I learned how to drive a school bus when I was in college in the 1970's, my instructor always said to match engine speed with road speed. This is especially true when downshifting or driving a non-synchro transmission. It is very important that you use the correct gear lube in a manual transmission to protect the soft metal parts like synchro rings. I change my tranny, xfer case and differential fluids every 30,000 miles using Royal Purple synthetic gear lube. Finally, be gentle. Treat your baby like a lady. Feel, not force.
I use Castrol BOT 402 in my Nissan Sunny gearbox☺
SUPERIOR video!!! As someone who taught driving (yes, manual transmissions), I want to state that you were bang on with your full explanations of how & why.
Absolutely, treat your manual transmission with love and it will outlast everything.
Once again, KUDOs my friend. Superior video!
Great video and great advice. While it wasn't mentioned in the video, I have replaced more clutches due to failed/noisy release (also called throw out) bearings than actual worn out clutches. Riding the clutch, sitting stopped in 1st gear, and high rev shifts all contribute to premature release bearing wear. The release bearing is what actually pushes on the pressure plate fingers. It has to spin up and spin down every time you press the clutch.
Interestingly, quite a few clutch release bearings these days have pre-load springs that keep them in permanent contact with the pressure-plate fingers. I'm not sure I like the idea but there you go.
Great info
im SO glad someone has some sense and understanding about how manuals work and whats bad for them... i tried telling this to all my friends and coworkers but they never believe me
Excellent Advice for Manuals in passenger cars. I love my 2016 Honda Accord 6-speed. Change that oil every 30K ... super easy to do. Now, for my 2008 Ram 4500 dump with the 6-speed (Southbend 1,100 lb/ft clutch) it is a different story. Everything is slow moving, long throws, but the downshifting is a must especially when you have many thousands of lbs. in the dump body and pulling a trailer. Downshifting through the gears and letting the Exhaust brake help slow down the load is crucial otherwise you'd burn up the brakes fast and at $300 per rotor and $200+ pads for back or front that gets expensive FAST.
Great advice all around. Especially the point about not fighting the transmission. A firm but gentle hand when shifting is the way to go. Don't force it!
All great advice.
When I had my Focus wagon, I was able to teach myself how to heel-and-toe my downshifts, and eventually got to the point that I always did it. It was just one more thing to enjoy when I got it just right and none of the passengers would be jerked around by the shifting.
This guy REALLY knows his stuff! If you follw up on all of his advice you will never experience any problems with your manual transmission! Which is exactly what you want, because work on and parts for manual transmissions is expensive.
Great advice as usual.
Also glad to see i had a great driving instructor back in the day, he gave the exact same guidance as you did.
All the good advice in ONE place. Thank you sir! You are awesome & this helped me A LOT!
I never knew about the rev matching until my co-worker told me about when we were driving a truck together. That blew my mind! I was wondering if you were going to say anything about it and I am glad you did. I was wondering if it was bad to do that kind of shifting and I was happy with your view of it. 😁
Thanks AMD for the advice, waiting on my manual tacoma is nice to refresh the right things to do driving manual transmission is been few years that I drove manual, great video.
My work truck is a 2009 Tacoma with a manual transmission and wind up windows. I love it. My dad was a VW mechanic, and I grew up with manual transmission cars. I did hours of pretend play in the garage shifting gears. Sometimes my dad would have me do the shifting when we were driving. He would step on the clutch pedal and say "shift!" Our first automatic transmission in the family was his 1990 Audi 80.
Stopping on a hill definitely took me a few good tries before I mastered it. Heavily pressured when you got cars behind you waiting on the light! Made me more intune with the vehicle without a doubt. I went from watching the rpms when they slightly started hitting the bite point to just feeling it through the vehicle now.
4:25 that exactly wut I do. At uphill grades, i engage the parking brakes then release the clutch til theres enough rpm and the car wants to go, then quickly release the parking brake. You can do the same with the pedal brake but i prefer the parking brake because i can relax my leg. I even do this sometimes at long red lights. Driving stick is alot of work.
Awesome video, been driving manual transmission all my life, and my driving has changed and still learning stuff even now. Thank you!
Very helpful video, even I have been driving manual transmission since 23 years. Thanks man.
Thanks so much for the great video. Did these naturally each time I had a manual car cause they felt right. Now, I know why I was able to to get to over 165k miles on both my manuals without ever having to replace a clutch or transmission.
Finally found a mechanic I can trust. Thank from South Africa.
Great info. I think I was aware of most of this but great to have it all in one video. Also to your last comment, yes I LOVE a manual car. They are just awesome to drive in most cases.
As a manual transmission 3rd gen Tacoma owner, I approve this message haha.
I will say, the diffs on a new Tacoma are another must for an early oil change.
Mine at 8k was rather sparkly, all things considered.
My front diff was twice as dirty as the rear.
If every driver of a manual transmission car had to replace the clutch assembly himself when it wore out there would be a lot less clutch abuse. The last time I helped my son replace his pilot bearing (it failed in the first few weeks after the clutch job for no obvious reason) I pulled a muscle in my face as I struggled to hold it in the right position for him to get the first bell housing bolt in. It hurt for days!
Excellent,excellent,excellent,informative video. Driving stick for 63 years and I was so proud that I do exactly what you said……..until you got to the part about down shifting. Like to downshift so I can hear my mufflers sing to me. I learned from you and won’t do it again. You are spot on about everything. Thank you. 😊
Thank you so much for teaching me about being gentle with the clutch!
I will remember to not keep my foot on the clutch all the time!
I will remember to not do the unnecessary downshifting on my clutch!
You are a great Teacher!
Good video! 2019 Tacoma Sport with manual trans. Still enjoy it as much as I did the day I bought it!
Great inside information from an amazing mechanic. You sir are a real gem 💎!!
Thank you, from all of us with a dual mass flywheel, good points given here.
An automatic is a vicarious driving experience. Take a cab. Same thing.
Ding ding ding! You hit the nail on the head with this one 😎 I love it!
Thank you. I drive a manual and learned some things from this video. I love how the Xrunner works, it rev matches automatically when shifting through the gears, the rpms doesn't drop as you clutch in. I agree, manual feels better to drive than an auto, become one with the car.
What a coincidence, I’m planning on changing my transmission oil tomorrow! My gallon jug of Redline MT-90 is supposed to deliver today.
2nd video watched after I discovered this channel. More common sense and really good information. Way to go sir!
How nice to see this Mazda Miata in this video. I gave my 22 year old daughter this car as a graduation gift from college (she graduated a semester early, and had full time paying job before graudation).
Really excellent tips you provide here. I ought to pass this along to my brother to teach his kids!
2022 impreza 5 speed driver here. thanks for the great info
Great video on driving with a manual transmission. Practice gentle shifting and clutch release. Read the road and time the traffic lights definitely makes your clutch and transmissions last.
Great video. All points absolutely spot on and what I do.
When I did my driving license, all these things were noted by the driving instructors. Performing a 'hill start' was compulsory. Good advice, all of what you said, As a fellow master mechanic I agree. Many blessings to you
In my state if you took the test with a manual transmission vehicle and you coasted to a stop in nutral you automatically lost points and failing to be in gear and coasting itself as 2 seperate fails I still remember that over 20 years ago in the old fashioned hand books that we had to learn from driver Ed 😂
Thanks for sharing your information!
Excellent excellent advice. Driving a manual also does feel very direct. If you operate the transmission smoothly, gently, and correctly, the car will give you good feedback. And the opposite applies too.
Excellent advice. 69 retired driving a 2006 Subaru sti and 98 honda prelude
The parking brake trick is gold. Been doing that for years. Ive gotten spoiled with some of the auto brake holds on some of the newer cars though.
Best video on this topic that I’ve seen in some time
I have driven manuals most of my life. Still have one , a 2009 Honda Fit. It is my towed car behind my motorhome. Light and dependable. Now 180K mi. Hey, AMD, good info. I will stop down shifting as much and when I do, will match RPMs. And you just reminded me, I need to change the gear oil. As usual well presented. It would have been nice if on some of this discussion, you were driving and demoing some of this. Although I was able to follow you.
Great review as usual, I have learned a lot regarding manual transmissions. I just purchased a 2023 Tacoma TRD Pro with a manual transmission and am enjoying it. There is a small learning curve with a manual but I will apply your suggestions and help too protect the clutch and transmission. I like your suggestion to replace the transmission fluid after 30000 miles. I already changed my oil and filter at 1500 miles for the break in period. I intend to keep my manual Tacoma for a long time. Thanks again
Great tips and info in this video! I'm planning to buy a 2023 Tacoma with the six-speed manual transmission. I will be sure to change the fluid while it's still under Toyota Care.
Good video. Another part that wears out when holding the clutch down at stoplights are the thrust bearing surface of the crankshaft bearings. Pushing the clutch pedal down pushes the crankshaft forward. Only one of the main bearings has the thrust bearing surface, and this can have significant wear if the clutch is always held down at stop lights.
Good points that I pass on to everyone too. I never understood the need to sit at a light while in gear with the clutch pedal depressed. I'm also a big believer in changing the gear oil very 30k miles for the vey reason you stated, to get rid of any debris. Most people just don't understand this reasoning. Every manual transmission I've owned from new has shifted like new even after 300k+ miles. Congrats on your new shop too! I wish I lived closer to come by and see it.
This is great advice. I bought a brand new 1998 Mazda 626 with a manual transmission. My first manual car and I did most of the advice you mentioned and this is something I just did because I felt it was right to take care my clutch and transmission. This is before UA-cam and didn’t get any advice from manual drivers. It’s just something I felt was right. At 235k miles/ 15 years later my fuel pump went out before my clutch. Decided to donate it since I already had 3 cars i owned. I do miss driving my manual 626.😢
Once I switched to manual I never looked back. Recently Toyota patented a manual transmission for electric cars so there is still hope 😁
Great video! Thank you for the info 🤙
Great advice, I have done these things ever since I started driving in the late 1970s when cars in the UK ere all manual. One of my current cars is a manual hot hatch, I still love driving it.
Hot hatches for life lol, have a 16 Veloster N right now plan on getting either a Focus ST or a Speed 3 very soon!
Good advice AMD. 😎😎👍👍I used to have a 1994 Nissan Sentra with a 5 speed manuel transmission with over 250,000 miles with the original transmission.
This should be a mandatory watch for anyone driving or thinking of driving manual. The most common one I see people doing is resting their hand on the shift knob, I die a little bit inside every time I see it.
Very good advice. Thank you Amd.
I've been enjoying manual transmission vehicles for a long time, the latest being my newest Mazda 3. By doing (most) of what you said consistently, the clutch in my VW TDI lasted over 160k miles. Oil changes are necessary and actually make for a better feel. Red Line makes a very good oil, MT 90, for manual transmissions. (Check it for compatibility for your manual trans.) In my previous Mazda 3, synchros operated much more smoothly after replacing oil with MT 90 at the first 40k mile service interval. I hope that manufacturers continue offering vehicles with manual transmissions! Thank you for an excellent video, brother. God Bless!
Excellent video, thank you! I drive a 1998 VW and just recently changed my transmission oil: it looked terrible and had a lot of whitish foam. I did two changes at a distance of a month.
Worked in a shop as an emissions tech up until about 5 years ago. Always amazed me that the youngsters who did the oil changes could not bring a car into the shop that was a manual trans. Got pretty old pretty fast having to stop what I was doing (if the manager was busy) and bring these cars into the shop for them.
Cannot agreed more with you. Driving a manual 6spd Tacoma make me enjoy my commute much more. Thanks for the advice!
Great video, I've learned very important tips thank you,
Awesome video I do everything you talked about, and I had my clutch last 150,000 miles on a Honda Civic. I have one more thing to add that I do, I will go slow if the light is red and sometimes, I get to save the clutch from not starting again if the light turns green before I get to the line. I will place it in 1 gear and take off again without stopping. Also great for saving gas. The transmission now has almost 200,000 miles and drives fine. I do have some play in the front differential though. This play has not changed quickly over time so I think it will last for a long time from now. Like AMD, says "just listen to the car" and I add appreciate what God has blessed you with and your car will last a long time.
just did my differential & transmission around 32k on my wrx... this info is 100% on point....TY
Great advice AMD! I used to have a 1991 Honda Civic. 291,000 miles the transmission never gave me an ounce of trouble. Had the original clutch too. Thanks!
@mewisemagic oh my god I love those old civics. I’ve been searching for a stock mint one for a LONG time. What colour was yours?
@@Blakecryderman7244 It was red
Almost 300k mi on the original clutch, that’s quite the achievement even for a superbly engineered early 90s Honda. Which they were.
@@Levi-mg4nf wow, extremely impressive
I have 2023 GR86 and 2023 Tacoma TRD Off-Road - both six speed manuals! I love it!
AMD….Great video….! My first stick shift car was a 61’ bubble coupe (Chevy Impala) with a 301CI V8 and a 4 speed trans w/a 456 posi screw. The car was fast! Your video brought up some very interesting points and some tips that I never really thought about. I rebuilt that trans because I lost the main drive gear and first gear. I did this by shifting the trans while going over railroad tracks, so I thought. Taking everything apart and repairing the synchros (block rings…?) were cracked and the pilot bearing was literally worn out. This pilot bearing was a cheap porous bronze bearing. My Mustang has what looks to be a ball bearing pilot bearing that I replaced a few years back. It really was the pilot bearing and going over the railroad tracks that caused this failure. No matter, here in Chicago, it was professionally stolen and stripped shortly after it was completed. Yes the insurance company found the shell after it was stripped. Never found out who did it, but I had my suspicions….. thanks for the great tips! Jim
Thanks for the important information 👍
Awesome video, so much info
Thank you for sharing. I just want to let you know that I'm jealous of your customers to have you as their mechanic. God bless you and your family.
thanks for teaching on how to take care of our car!!!! from the Philippines!!!
Thanks AMD! I'm going to show this to my son. He burned out new clutch in my 2000 VW Golf in less than 2 years!
Great video! I miss driving a manual transmission car.
I agree with everything except the part about not to downshift. I live in a northern climate and during icy conditions there is no comparison IMO between the control a manual transmission gives you in comparison to an automatic or cvt. And matching your rpms to the proper gear is crucial at all speeds during these icy conditions. Its true for the 6 months of summer conditions we get each year downshifting may not be necessary, but i would argue that falling out of practice for even those months just might land you in the ditch during the first few snowfalls each winter. Awesome video btw.
I've got a 3rd gen 4runner with a 5spd. It's the funnest ride; eventhough, it's slower than most cars. I've always had manual trans on all my rides. For me it's there preference. You have to be alert, and it's more enjoyable! Thank you!
Very helpful video, thank you!
Coming from Europe and at 49 years of age (manual transmission is more common in Europe, especially in the past - never had car with automatic transmission :D ), i cannot but agree with that video. Well presented. Except maybe in rev matching when upshifting, revving the engine could be counterproductive (assuming shift is done in reasonable amount of time, not super lazy - engine revs wont drop significantly when done right and gear change will be smooth without throttle input in between), for downwhifting: yes, great technique when done properly, and fun also: i ride motorcycles as well, so rev matching when downshifting is familiar concept to me and used daily. Another tip: when cold, try not to shift without pausing in neutral for a fraction of a second, just don't shift in one brief motion and that's it.
I haven't driven manual for 20 years. Interesting that design hasn't been changed for the last 50 years and it is still working for millions of miles. I remember on dad's car made in 70th you need to press pedal to start car. Good video- thank you
Well put
Lots of great tips❗❗👍👍
Thank you for these great advices. Have not driven a fully Manual Shift Manual Transmission for almost 20 years now except on Dual Clutch transmission (Automatic Shifting Manual Transmission) for the last two cars SMArt Fortwo and KIA Niro HEV. Never know when that would happen again as the automaker dropping price on the Manual Transmission sports cars😉
Man....Thank You for this video Care Care Nut!!! You are the Best!!
Being an enthusiastic driver and technician I agree 100% with everything you said. I've just got one question though. Why do many Japanese cars clash their second gear when cold? I'm convinced that plays a big part in the faster wear and tear on 2nd. Personally I use a special Castrol fully synthetic manual transmission fluid in my Nissan Sunny that has been formulated especially to preserve your syncro rings. On cold mornings, I always shift from 1st to 3rd (downhill, where I live☺) to avoid that clash. I also never downshift lower than 3rd. The special oil does help tremendously in cold shifts compared to the 80/90 gear oil that it came with.
Thanks for the VERY interesting channel, big Japanese and Toyota fan.
Great info as I have a 2021 TRD Pro Tacoma M/T, so at 30K change the Transmission fluid. been driving M/T since 1978.
Good Advice Lots people do not know about this. Great Video.
I must have had a good teacher somewhere along the line because I do 90% of this. The rev-matching is a new idea to me though, Thanks!
My 6000 lb f 350 one ton v 10 is a 5 speed manual. Love it
Really enjoying your content - so calm in your delivery. Could I ask you to give some information of the Tacoma clutch accumulator and the mod some are doing to eliminate the accumulator for more feeling in the clutch? Thanks.
Thankyou for being so honest as you renewed the Toyota engine. I'm in Sydney Australia and took my 2013 Toyota to a Dealer in a suburb called Parramatta. I drove about twenty miles then I had to leave it most of the Day for its Service of 140,000kms. Anyhow after paying $1100 for it! They didn't have enough fluid ,(coolant) as it was quarter filled only and told me to just fill it up with water when I get home! I was a mechanic and checked a few things.The tires were not rotated as I marked them the cabin filter was not changed either was the engine air filter but that was fairly new anyhow. I even marked the spark plugs, no change and so on! And this is a so called Big Dealership as it was suppose to be free the first three if I took it ther as I brought the car just up the road from it at Toyota's Dealership. I will do all my own work now as they more or less stole $1100 from me and said they knew nothing about the Deal and I forgot to put the agreement in the car as I was running late!. So sadly it's all about money and not the Good old customer these Days. I could of taken it to fair-trading here in Oz but I was so furious I had to let it go at that. I pray to find a good mechanic like yourself, honest and knows what to do sufficient as I am getting on now as we all are and need a bit of honesty in my life regarding cars.
Thanks again. Love watching you do your work.
Aussie chris 🇦🇺 ♥️
miles?