Rich and others,
It is recommended that you use the clutch when engaging and
disengaging the OD just as changing gears otherwise, as Rich points out,
there will be wear on the cone clutch in the OD unit. I have a Laycock
deNormanville unit (very similar to those fitted to British cars) on my
Volvo Turbo and I always use the clutch.
Regards,
Bob
At 12:23 AM 4/24/97 -0700, you wrote:
> I never had one of these, but it makes sense to me that you
>would want to disengage the clutch as if changing gears. That would
>reduce the load on the engaging friction "cone" in the overdrive unit.
>Does this make sense to those of you who own these??
>
>Rich
>
>
>> ----------
>> From: DSand95510(at)aol.com[SMTP:DSand95510(at)aol.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 1997 6:25 PM
>> To: paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au; alpines(at)autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: How to use an overdrive
>>
>> In a message dated 97-04-23 19:00:45 EDT,
>> paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au
>> (Heuer, Paul) writes:
>>
>> >
>> >I was just thinking about the day I spent driving my prospective
>> Series 3,
>> >and how the
>> >overdrive made cruising so comfortable, when my thoughts drifted to
>> the
>> >slight 'lurch'
>> >that accompanied the (dis)engagement of the overdrive. I wonder if I
>> was
>> >using the
>> >overdrive correctly? Should I back off the throttle as one does when
>> >changing gears?
>> >
>>
>> From what I've heard from other Alpine OD owners, you should press
>> down on
>> the gas as you disengage OD, and let off the gas slightly when
>> engaging. The
>> idea here is to match the engine speed to the gear you're going into.
>> Pretty
>> much like shifting into any other gear.
>>
>> Dick Sanders
>>
>
>
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Man of Many Sunbeams - All "Proper" Talbot Types 1953-1954
Motorcycles: 1991 Yamaha Venture Royale, 1984 Honda 750 Shadow
E-Mail: hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net
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