floating gears

[52PLOWERWAGON]

does anyone ever float the gears in their transmission

if so how do you do it

[just me]

What do you mean "Float"?
If you mean shift without the clutch, same as any transmission. match input to output speed and ease the shifter lever. If your tower is worn out, it ups the ante some.

[isaac_alaska]

My tower is worn to the point that it's prett hard to get it out of second without touching 1st. It's high on my list of things to address. Makes it hard to float the gears. There's really no reason to though, the clutch is fun

[52PLOWERWAGON]

Isaac mine is very worn too, I have found that if I give the shifter a light slap forwards it will come out of second go into neutral then I have to move the shifter over to the reverse lock spring without pushing it in then push the shifter forward

after I figured this out i haven't hit first while up shifting since

[isaac_alaska]

I do the same thing! Hahaha the tricks of these old trucks.

[just me]

Lighter oil than GL4 90wt helps, too.

[isaac_alaska]

I do need to order up some synthetics and redo my diffs, transmission, and T case. Extra horsepower is a bonus!

[T. Highway]

Hey Travis,

Floating gears or speed shifting just takes a little bit of practice and patience. It will take you a bit to get the feel of ground speed to engine sound / RPM level but once you figure that out it is super easy.

I drove large trucks for a while and would only use the clutch to start forward motion. Upshift and downshift are easily done by matching your RPMs to ground speed.

Bert

[just me]

Yeah 5 years behind a 13speed roadranger tends to make it second nature.

[T. Highway]

The good old days 379 Pete day cab with a Big Cam Cummins and 18 speed Eaton Fuller. Man that brings back some memories.

Bert