Shift into Neutral to save TO Bearing?

[Grant Lenahan]

No question about it - again - its a simple matter of reducing  
relative motion between the two surfaces.

but in addition, you significantly reduce the load on the  
synchronizers, whcih are what really take a beating on mis-timed shifts.

Grant
On Dec 31, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:

> One other thing- I believe that if you rev match your downshifts, you
> probably reduce a significant amount of clutch wear over the life  
> of the
> clutch.