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bdinaz

03-07-2007 01:19 PM

shifting

hi all,
i've been driving a super10 transmission on a freightliner for 2 years. the name on the shift was something fullerton, now I switched to a different freightliner with a straight 10 and meritor and now i cant shift worth a darn especially downshifting. can someone give me some pointers that i might not be thinking about. my upshfting is improving but downshifting needs some work.
thanks

spencerian

03-08-2007 09:35 AM

To Downshift...
wait until RPM's are around 1000 RPMs.
Clutch it out of gear.

Give it a shot of fuel... usually to about 1300 RPM's.
Clutch it into the lower gear.

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