RE: another cold question...

[Marc Gallagher <mgallagher@Langan.com>]

The clutch only transfers the power from the engine to the gears.  The gears
(ie 1-5) still have to mesh with the drive train gear.  SO just because the
clutch is in doesn't mean the gears are aligned.  In fact, 99% of the time
the gears are not aligned, but without any force on them, they can slip
together easily.  Occasionally they are just right (wrong?) and the teeth
hit exactly on each other so rolling the car, and therefore the drive gear
lets you mesh the teeth.  Clear as mud?

Marc
97' Jetta GLX - Red/Black


-----Original Message-----
From: Chadwick, John/COR/INV [mailto:jchadwic@ch2m.com]
Sent: 18 January, 2000 3:55 PM
To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com'
Subject: RE: another cold question...


It doesn't like to go into first at 60 mph. Don't know why but.... Just
kidding. Sometimes mine doesn't go into reverse at first, but if I let the
car roll a little it will go right in. Anyone know why this is? Does moving
the car let everything line up? The clutch is in so it wouldn't matter much
right?

-----Original Message-----
From: Eddie [mailto:axr11@po.cwru.edu]
Sent: January 18, 2000 1:33 PM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: another cold question...


i just got my car 2 months ago, and it's finally getting really cold here
in boston. i was just wondering whether it is normal for the manual
transmission to feel much stiffer when shifting than normal while the car
is cold (clutch is same). 

also, does anyone else have problems shifting into first occasionally?
(regardless of temperature)

Thanks.