[Vwdiesel] How could I Grind the Gears Doing This?

[Roger Brown]

Nate Wall wrote:
>
> Last night I was driving the Jetta TD. We got a little snow, so the road
> was coated. I was slowing down doing about 15 mph or so, so I proceded
> to downshift from 3rd to 2nd. Just like any other time, given the road
> speed. But.... As I was braking, the wheels totally locked up because of
> the snow. As I depressed the clutch and downshifted with the wheels
> locked, the gears banged (or grinded) quite noticeably and it then went
> into 2nd. What happened? Isn't this like shifting w/ the vehicle
> stopped, since the wheels locked? Interesting. Its the first time
> anything like this has happened. Its almost as if I tried to shift w/out
> the clutch.

Same as shifting when stopped but some of the parts in the tranny may still have been spinning due to intertia.  Also when you
let the clutch out if the timing with the brakes wasn't exact, the wheels may still have been braked so there was a sudden shock
as the engine spun them back up to speed.