You put minor wear the shift forks doing because does increased pressure engage gears the car is moving (if gears spinning, takes slightly pressure shift). . take foot the gas shift the engine starting decrease rpm . bruceb Diamond Member. Aug 20, 2004 8,874 .
You unless car is completely off. lever locked place. you turn key the position statying engine, should able change gears. if there's emergency your engine doesn't work, still to move car around, neutral.
In connection it, of fundamentals taught those learning drive automatic transmission car is they shouldn't shift gears while car is moving. is small problem people driving manual transmissions you shift gears the future (except you to into reverse). Still, is problem people driving automatic transmissions .
The design the shift pattern moves shifter shafts the gearbox correct to select deselect relevant selector forks. So, this boils to you shift freely no clutch a car is stationary: you doing pulling pushing selector forks engagement collars inside gearbox.
trying learn gears placements the engine off the car is stationary. wondered its bad the transmission the car general Archived post. comments be posted votes be cast. . Controversial. Old. Q&A [deleted] • bad you don't the gear shifting sound Reply reply
Every time shift gears you're adding extremely tiny amount wear the vehicle, it's like you're hurting anything. can switch gears the car's off. don't need put clutch to it.
Can shift gears while troubleshooting jerking problems the engine off? Yes, can manually shift gears diagnostic purposes the engine off. Vehicle Testing Institute (VTI, 2024) confirms 85% transmission problems be initially diagnosed static gear engagement. Find more shifting car gears .
Correction: It's perfectly normal be to through gears while car is off. However, is "fine," actually, does hurt car my understanding, you scraping other parts.
