Shift into Neutral to save TO Bearing?

[Mark Chang]

I primarily release the clutch and put it into neutral (not in that
order, lol) because my leg gets tired.

On Dec 30, 2007 3:32 PM, David Ullrich <david.ullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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> 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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Mark L. Chang