Learning stick on '02 S2000
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Originally posted by mntony
I always thought gear "grinding" was the gear teeth grinding. Then I read this: http://www.howstuffworks.com/transmission2.htm
It seems it's not what I was hearing after all. I guess that's good, but grinding anything is not a good idea. BTW, I've been driving a stick for most of my 30-some years driving and I still, once in a great while, will miss shift and invoke the above sound! Gives me shivers. It's usually when my clutch foot outpaces my shift hand.
Tony
I always thought gear "grinding" was the gear teeth grinding. Then I read this: http://www.howstuffworks.com/transmission2.htm
It seems it's not what I was hearing after all. I guess that's good, but grinding anything is not a good idea. BTW, I've been driving a stick for most of my 30-some years driving and I still, once in a great while, will miss shift and invoke the above sound! Gives me shivers. It's usually when my clutch foot outpaces my shift hand.
Tony
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