car gearboxes...

[MaybeGuy]

ive driven a few different cars, one of which i utterly thrashed in our field...
what i found was this:
you can get a car into 1st from reverse whilst going backwards, but you cant get a car into reverse whilst its moving, if you try you get a nice KKRRRKRKRKRKKR noise.

why does this happen? safety mechanism?

it made 360 handbrake turns very difficult to learn
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[st3v3]

All cars do it when reversing, Cars are made primarily to go forward. Guess it's hitting a restriction or limited of some kind.
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[MaybeGuy]

yeah, do you know anything about whats physically going on to do it though?

i mean, i know how a clutch works, so surely with the clutch in it should just slide into gear?
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Walloper]

Reverse is usually via an idler gear. Which is a spur tooth (Why reverse allways sounds dead squeelie). It depends on how the sycncro operates.
I guess if you were to double clutch it would permit the reverse to mesh from fwd to rev.

Not much safety in this.

Have you ever had a deisel start in reverse and give you 5 rev and 1 fwd? Cool.... Except for the smoke that pours into the car...
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[st3v3]

>>Clicky<<. If you forced a reverse form driving it would just mash the gears in the box, nothing more.
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Roger wrote: Women don't get damp for clingy puppies. Get some better happy pills, hit the gym & buy a medallion the size of a dinner plate. Job done

[Walloper]

Handbrake turn is not done from 1st to revs......

To do this you:
Select a more responsive gear to pull away in. 1st
Dip the clutch.
Hoi the handbrake on to lock the rear wheels but keep the button pressed in.
This causes a loss of tyre adhesion.
Then you turn the wheeel in the direction you want.
As the arse-end slides round you release the brake as you engage th drive and floor it.

I is the bit where you let the back end swing and where you stop the swing that is most difficult to master.

Simple homemde Skid pan.

5 gallons of old engine oil.
ASDA carpark when less cars around.
Spread the oil Bob's your Uncle.
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