Is it bad to change gears in a car when the clutch is not down and the car is not moving?
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Its not going to do it much good - you'll wear it down be doing that.
If it isn't running, I wouldn't think it would be a bad thing. If it is, I could imagine it would be. All the moving parts in there and the grinding, you don't want to burn up the Transmission.
Very bad, your going to wear out the cogs of the gears.
Yes! If the car is in gear with the engine running and the clutch is out then it will want to move forwards, it's impossible to sit in a stationary car in the situation you describe with the engine running.
Yes, It's really bad!
it doesn't do any harm when the gears are not moving there is no real friction in between the parts of the transmisson . That's why you can do that while it's standing still but not while driving!
No,but why will you do that?
no it is not bad at all!
If the car is not moving and you put it into gear it will stall and seriously mash your gear cogs in the process. Either that or it may move off if you time it well but you'll still ruin the gears. Even if the engine is off it will damage the gears if moved without the clutch because you'll be forcing the cogs into each other
Is it bad? Not Really.
Can you do it a lot and not hurt anything? Yes.
Can you do it a whole lot and hurt something? Eventually, but you'll have more patience than me..
When you change gears in a car, you're moving the "selector forks" to different positions in the gear train. These, and most of the other parts in a manual transmission, are lubricated by oil that is splashed around inside the transfer case by the rotating parts. If you did this a whole lot (many many thousands of times) very quickly, you could possibly cause wear on these unlubricated parts. I expect that you would probably wear out some the bushings in the shifter mechanism, and possibly your elbow and shoulder joints long before you damaged anything internal in the transmission.
yes it is it wont do too much damage straight away but over time it will.
Why do it its pointless.?
Its said you should not do that but the clutch is only connected when the engine is running.
as long as it is not running it wont hurt anything
sounds like the clutch has gone. take it to your local garage to be checked out. if it wont move. join the aa wait two days and you can get it recovered for the price of joining.
For sure.
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