hypothetical

[Taggart]

at highway speeds

would that destroy the transmission?

 

[weather]

Ban!

 

[Taggart]

sorry, I hit post on accident

 

[ajpa123]

I used to wonder the same thing when I was younger. I would imagine lots of sparks and smoke would result though.

 

[KillyKillall]

I wonder the same thing. Any car people that can answer?

 

[Umberger]

most transmissions don't have a synchronized reverse, so it's unlikely you would be able to get it to go in gear. if you did, it would either demolish the transmission, or slip the clutch or lock up the wheels, or a combination of the 3

 

[mcmanager]

It was once suggested to me that if you were, say, in 5th gear, pushed the clutch in, somehow lifted the ring on the stick (or lockout equivellent), put it in reverse, and let the clutch out you would probably be seeing your transmission on the road behind you.


Realistically, nothing so grandiose but I would imagine that if the tranny didn't fail it would suffer severe damage - if not the engine trying to apply its power to stop a car moving at 80mph.

 

[her209]

I'm not going to find out for you (with my car at least).

 

[Minjin]

Yes, you would shred the gear and the debris would likely kill the rest of the tranny.

Mark

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: Umberger
most transmissions don't have a synchronized reverse, so it's unlikely you would be able to get it to go in gear. if you did, it would either demolish the transmission, or slip the clutch or lock up the wheels, or a combination of the 3

So basically your are seriously FUBARed :laugh:

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Taggart
at highway speeds

would that destroy the transmission?

Try it and get back to us Taggert! :evil:

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: Minjin
Yes, you would shred the gear and the debris would likely kill the rest of the tranny.

Mark

Holy shite think of the noise that would make!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: weather
Ban!

Pot meet kettle!

 

[Jimmah]

Most trans's have a lockout inside the box to not allow this to happen. I've tried to no avail to make such a thing happen.