I don’t know about you guys, but I start car on a hill with a heel toe , without using e-brake at all ..
same I never learned the e brake technique until I started meeting more people in the car community.
I learned both techniques in driving school, but I prefer the e-brake.
Would you consider doing a vid about the e-brake/park brake and how it is or isn’t bad for it to ratchet it up as opposed to pushing in the button? I’ve heard a lot of discussion about it but there’s loads of people on both sides of the fence and I noticed in the video that you ratchet it. I ratchet as well but never thought anything of it
Technically it does wear the ratchet but that is just steel sliding along steel and the clicking you hear is caused as it passes every tooth and the spring pulls it back against the next tooth. Realistically it is doing a negligible amount of wear that really never will go bad, the thing that will go bad many times over before the ratchet is the cable, if you pull it to far/tight it stretches and can snap.
You know what really grinds my gears? Not using the clutch.
Yeah bro appreciate it
Number 6: Don’t coast downhill in neutral!
why not?
Just curious, why?
There’s nothing wrong with coasting downhill in neutral… what are you talking about?
The reason for this because say if you were on a steep downhill and you are coasting in neutral and you’re riding the brakes. Your brakes can or will over heat and you will have brake failure which could cause a major accident. You leave it in gear so that the engine and transmission will slow the car down for you, hence engine braking. The lower the gear the more your engine will brake for you. Of course… Dont leave your car in fifth or sixth gear because that’s just dumb lol.
Its safer to, especially in winter. Or on some icy roads.
You’d fail a driving test if you take your car out of first and put it in neutral at the lights in New Zealand.
Is it bad to leave Drive on an Auto if im stopped?
lmao no not in an auto only Manuel
When stopped at lights you should have the handbrake / e brake / parking brake applied. That way if you’re crashed into you won’t roll into some other shtuff. Having the foot brake applied isn’t enough as you may not be conscious.
That’s ridiculous. If you were in a crash you would be better off rolling because it takes a lot of the force out of thet crash
I need to watch more Engineering Explained. I like this guy!
Thanks Eric!
Realistically unless you are applying a significant force to the gear shift when your hand is resting on it (and I mean actively pushing) then the connecting rod bearings will wear out long before you wear out the shift forks. How long exactly do you think you’ll be driving your car?
Provided that you don’t wear cement shoes/aren’t completely oblivious, then you should be able to rest your foot on the clutch pedal without reaching the engagement point (which btw would be where the thrust bearing first comes into contact with the diaphragm spring), meaning that you resting your foot there is doing precisely nothing.
Finally, when using the e-brake technique, only fwd cars will actually start to squat as the clutch engages unless you have some crazy drive-line/suspension geometry. FWD, the front wheels try to pull you away while the rear wheels hold you in place, so you get some squat or front end lift as the torque is applied to the tires. In a rwd car, you’re trying to drive the same wheels that the brake is applied to.
With the E-brake technique you can still feel the car want to pull even in AWD and RWD but ya it doesn’t squat like a FWD car will. You can also hear when the clutch engages as the RPM will start to drop.
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I don’t know about you guys, but I start car on a hill with a heel toe , without using e-brake at all ..
same I never learned the e brake technique until I started meeting more people in the car community.
I learned both techniques in driving school, but I prefer the e-brake.
Would you consider doing a vid about the e-brake/park brake and how it is or isn’t bad for it to ratchet it up as opposed to pushing in the button? I’ve heard a lot of discussion about it but there’s loads of people on both sides of the fence and I noticed in the video that you ratchet it. I ratchet as well but never thought anything of it
Technically it does wear the ratchet but that is just steel sliding along steel and the clicking you hear is caused as it passes every tooth and the spring pulls it back against the next tooth. Realistically it is doing a negligible amount of wear that really never will go bad, the thing that will go bad many times over before the ratchet is the cable, if you pull it to far/tight it stretches and can snap.
You know what really grinds my gears? Not using the clutch.
Yeah bro appreciate it
Number 6: Don’t coast downhill in neutral!
why not?
Just curious, why?
There’s nothing wrong with coasting downhill in neutral… what are you talking about?
The reason for this because say if you were on a steep downhill and you are coasting in neutral and you’re riding the brakes. Your brakes can or will over heat and you will have brake failure which could cause a major accident. You leave it in gear so that the engine and transmission will slow the car down for you, hence engine braking. The lower the gear the more your engine will brake for you. Of course… Dont leave your car in fifth or sixth gear because that’s just dumb lol.
Its safer to, especially in winter. Or on some icy roads.
You’d fail a driving test if you take your car out of first and put it in neutral at the lights in New Zealand.
Is it bad to leave Drive on an Auto if im stopped?
lmao no not in an auto only Manuel
When stopped at lights you should have the handbrake / e brake / parking brake applied. That way if you’re crashed into you won’t roll into some other shtuff. Having the foot brake applied isn’t enough as you may not be conscious.
That’s ridiculous. If you were in a crash you would be better off rolling because it takes a lot of the force out of thet crash
I need to watch more Engineering Explained. I like this guy!
Thanks Eric!
Realistically unless you are applying a significant force to the gear shift when your hand is resting on it (and I mean actively pushing) then the connecting rod bearings will wear out long before you wear out the shift forks. How long exactly do you think you’ll be driving your car?
Provided that you don’t wear cement shoes/aren’t completely oblivious, then you should be able to rest your foot on the clutch pedal without reaching the engagement point (which btw would be where the thrust bearing first comes into contact with the diaphragm spring), meaning that you resting your foot there is doing precisely nothing.
Finally, when using the e-brake technique, only fwd cars will actually start to squat as the clutch engages unless you have some crazy drive-line/suspension geometry. FWD, the front wheels try to pull you away while the rear wheels hold you in place, so you get some squat or front end lift as the torque is applied to the tires. In a rwd car, you’re trying to drive the same wheels that the brake is applied to.
With the E-brake technique you can still feel the car want to pull even in AWD and RWD but ya it doesn’t squat like a FWD car will. You can also hear when the clutch engages as the RPM will start to drop.