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by Newlife on May 1st, 2007

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Does it damage or prematurely wear out the clutch on a standard transmission vehicle to downshift to assist in slowing down or stopping?

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on May 1st, 2007

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    Not appreciably. Let me elaborate on that a little.

    You put a little wear on the clutch EVERY time you shift and (especially) EVERY time you accelerate from a dead stop. If you have a little skill, you can minimize this by rev-matching before you release the clutch pedal.
    Once the pedal is all the way up and the clutch is fully engaged you'll be fine; you won't cause any additional damage above that done by any other downshift.

    If you're unskilled enough with three-pedal driving for engine braking to damage the clutch, your clutch will likely die for other reasons before the hills can eat it.

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    • Only thing I can add is that rev-matching is fun. Nothing beats watching everyone walking down the street stare at me rev-matching into 2nd and takin' er up to about 4 grand :) Ahhh, yes. Summer is here:)

      geek860

      by geek860 on May 8th, 2007

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