Question about double-clutching
We've just started driving over the road in tech school last week, and I've had a bit of trouble grinding the gears. I'll have the rpms right (for the truck we use it's arond 1200 to 1700), but sometimes it still grinds and won't go into gear.
When you shift, should press the clutch a split-second before you move the shifter into neutral, release the clutch, then press it again and move the shifter into the next gear right after you press the clutch (so that it looks like you're almost pressing the clutch and moving the gearshift simaltaniously)? Or actually be trying to move the gearshift as I press the clutch?
What I've been doing is I'll press the clutch for a couple of seconds, move the gearshift into neutral, release the clutch, press it again for a couple of seconds before trying to move the gearshift into the next gear. A fellow student told me I was hesitating.
I've only been out on the road one time, so I haven't had a chance to try it again. Monday we should be going back out. Any advice?
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