# DRIVING...without a clutch... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 24, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626 "2007-01-24T20:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/1 "2007-01-24T20:55:51Z")
Just wondering how many of you guys have had to pull this off? I left work last night, and as i went for 2nd i realized she nuked. so now, at every light or stop… I have to turn off the car, and put in 1st, then start the car in gear to get rolling, then power shift each gear the rest of the drive… lol actually pretty funny, caue ive always owned a standard, and so has the wife, but this car has burnt 3 clutchs in 10k miles. lol cant figure it out, So do tell how many of you has had to gimp your car/truck home with NO clutch? ---
**Author:** ![Cheeks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cheeks/32/5930_2.png) [@Cheeks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cheeks)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/2 "2007-01-24T21:02:25Z")
Uhhhh, stop being a cheap whiney bitch and buy another clutch from advanced. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/3 "2007-01-24T21:04:08Z")
i have done it a few times… its fun! ---
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/4 "2007-01-24T21:04:29Z")
No more clutchs, shes sold as of today, From Monday on Ill be driving the Ranger. ---
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/5 "2007-01-24T21:05:44Z")
> [@rare (NYSPEED wise) cars](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rare-nyspeed-wise-cars/27529/64): > > i have done it a few times… its fun! FUN?, Yes, Interesting?, yes Difficult in traffic, well. yes again lol ---
**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/6 "2007-01-24T21:20:51Z")
match rpms… dit it with the old celica ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/7 "2007-01-24T21:22:10Z")
> [@F-B-A"](#): > > but this car has burnt 3 clutchs in 10k miles. lol cant figure it out, maybe its the driver :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/8 "2007-01-24T21:25:31Z")
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, comon. now. its the machine, not the driver/S. :kekegay: so youre saying that 7k shifts on a 73 hp car is bad for a clutch? ---
**Author:** ![hayabusa03rx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@hayabusa03rx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hayabusa03rx)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/9 "2007-01-24T21:27:50Z")
Never… ---
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/10 "2007-01-24T21:29:54Z")
scwinn \> my Nissan shoulda bought that Yukon, DAMNm, FUCK, SHIT ---
**Author:** ![Dominator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dominator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dominator)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/11 "2007-01-24T21:34:01Z")
drove my truck for a couple months with a piece of mig wire threw the firewall to the carb. I had a skrew driver wraped around it as a handle. Till I finally found the right throttle cable. The day it broke I used my boot lases tied together out the driver window in the back of the hood to the carb just to get off the highway. gimping home is always fun if you make it! ---
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/12 "2007-01-24T21:37:03Z")
if a shoe lace will save me from tunring the engine off at the stop ;lights, then Hell im all for it. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/13 "2007-01-25T06:06:42Z")
Bellevue to Mt. Pleasant with out a clutch. Damn toll booths screwed up the rythm 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![vtecsol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@vtecsol](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vtecsol)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/14 "2007-01-25T07:16:41Z")
2 times i have had to do it once from the track to home in the delsol but the worst was in the mazda shit box truck it broke on bates st hill going to work one day … so from pittsburgh to latrobe power shifting ---
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/15 "2007-01-25T07:27:49Z")
lol, love it c ive had it worn out where the car just didnt want to go, (constant slipping and all) and then like this where the spring musta broke again, cause theres nothing, no matter how you push it down, it will not engage/disengage ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/16 "2007-01-25T09:00:49Z")
done that a few times. bringing customers cars to shop. always makes it an adventure. driven cars with no brakes, no forward gears:rofl: drove backwards for couple miles before ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/edb3f5/32.png) [@imported\_Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Jon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/17 "2007-01-25T09:50:14Z")
Stupid quest but uh…how do you shift without a clutch?? I’ve heard of it but never really knew how to do that…I suck. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/18 "2007-01-25T10:12:46Z")
Float it into gear, thiers a sweet spot in the rpm range that acts like or is synchros:dunno:. Can do it downshifting also. Very Rough on the drivetrain ---
**Author:** ![G3ARH3AD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@G3ARH3AD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G3ARH3AD)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/19 "2007-01-25T10:16:42Z")
never drove without a clutch but did drive without a side motion shifter cable ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626/20 "2007-01-25T10:27:24Z")
> [@rare (NYSPEED wise) cars](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rare-nyspeed-wise-cars/27529/86): > > Float it into gear, thiers a sweet spot in the rpm range that acts like or is synchros:dunno:. Can do it downshifting also. Very Rough on the drivetrain x2 at the right rpm it will float right in. im sure you do when splitting gears shaggy… even tho they tell you in school not too lol tractor its easy… just flip the switch and just let off the gas pedal and back down [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-without-a-clutch/187626.md?page=2)