Re: The stick

["Khan M. Klatt" <kmk@pacificrim.net>]

At 3:12 PM -0400 9/16/98, Talitmon@aol.com wrote:
>Hey everyone,
>
>Has anyone experienced this with their GLX?
>
>1) When you release the clutch in first gear, the gear lever moves back and
>forth.  The faster you accelerate the faster it moves.  When you place your
>hand on it you can feel the force of the stick still move, but when placed in
>the next gear it stops doing it.  Is this normal, or is it just my car.  The
>dealer said that it was normal (their usual answer) They said that it was due
>to the torque groove that 1st gear falls into, and that is why it moves like
>that....hhhhhmmmmmm I don't know if I can believe that!
>
>2) Now that my car is approaching 20k it still moves, but when I place my hand
>over it it stops, and I don't feel the force moving it anymore.


I have the same experience-- that is resting your hand lightly on the stick
while in first, you can feel the stick vibrate, especially when you apply
and then remove acceleration.

-Khan

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Khan Klatt
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