Shift into Neutral to save TO Bearing?

[David Ullrich]

I was taught (by my father) exactly what someone else here said...

"most of the wear on the throw-out bearing is every time it gets engaged and
disengaged.  So by shifting into neutral, I'd imagine you'd actually
increase the wear (2 cycles per stop as opposed to 1).

That's precisely why my father insisted that I NOT put his cars into Neutral
when he was teching me to drive (long long ago)...but I didnt know if the
technology of TO bearings had changed enough to change this...

Dave
-Audiless for now

On Dec 30, 2007 3:26 PM, George <sidman at webloq.com> wrote:

> Why have the TB spinning (and wearing) when it has nothing to do?  It is
> too
> easy to watch the cross lights and be ready when you get the green.  I
> have
> had my '91 200 TQ 20v since new and have always put it in neutral, clutch
> out and foot off the pedal if I am not ready to go or shifting. Result -
> at
> 308,000 miles I am running on the original clutch and TB.
>
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