Does double clutching help at all?

Question

Ok so people say double clutching helps your cars clutch, others say it doesn't matter because modern cars shift better without it. Can someone please shed some light on this matter for me.

Answer 1

No you should only double clutch if you car is required for it. If you  push the clutch to much it can dull it, and eventually need replacing. Only big automobiles like 18 wheelers and firetrucks need double clutching.

Answer 2

Double clutching only helps in old transmissions which are none synchronized you are only wearing you clutch release bearing and pressure plate prematurely when you double clutch a  modern synchronized transmission...you should learn to shift without using a clutch use it only for the initial rolling once the car is rolling you can shift without clutch and it is perfectly safe if you do it the right way.

Answer 3

Using the clutch is absolutely CRUCIAL to keep from breaking things. Anyone that tells you otherwise should have their head checked. Double clutching is only used in big trucks and vehicles without synchronizers in the transmission. On cars, however, pushing the clutch in to shift and then releasing it once you've shifted into the gear you want is enough to get your clutch and transmission to last you a long time, provided you do so correctly.

Answer 4

you dont need to, its pointless for modern day cars

i think truck drivers do it but im not sure

Answer 5

no need to double clutch unless u have a non secronized transmission but always shift with the clutch when shifting without the clutch you putting all that rotating mass fromm the engine on the secronizer which arnt designed for that there only designed to take the rotating mass of the clutch disc

Answer 6

A double clutch (also called a double declutch) is a driving procedure primarily used for vehicles with an unsynchronized manual transmission.

In a gearbox with neutral between each gear, a typical shift actually involves two gear changes, once into neutral, and again into the next gear. During any shift, disconnecting drive components via a clutch properly unloads the engine and transmission of undue pressure applied by the opposing components. Fully utilizing the clutch for each shift out of, and then into each gear is double clutching. Due to the absence of a neutral spacing, double clutching is ill-advised for sequential gear changes, as in a fully sequential gearbox such as a sportbike.

Keeping the clutch pedal depressed while in neutral, as is performed during a typical shift, gives more economy of driver motion and effort compared to double clutching. Taken to extreme, sequential gearbox shifts and non-clutched shifts are also very quick and effortless. However, significant wear can take place on the separated clutch plates any time the engine and transmission have varying drive loads. In simple terms, wear occurs the more the clutch has to "slip" to match revolutions between the engine and transmission. Double clutching can minimize this clutch plate wear by encouraging matching of engine and transmission RPMs before the clutch plates are engaged.