Drunken Hamster
Turncoat Ford Boi
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2017
- Posts
- 1,910
- Reaction score
- 357
- Location
- South Carolina
- Ram Year
- was 2005
- Engine
- was 5.7 Hemi
Is it safe to manually shift 1-2, 2-1, D-2-1, 1-2-D, etc on my 545rfe equipped hemi ram? I've been doing it occasionally, but never REALLY thought to ask if it was 100% okay or not.
If I AM doing it {especially the manual downshifting} would it be safer to try to 'rev match' it, especially if I want to maintain rolling speed before acceleration, or should I just let off the gas, let it shift, and then proceed from there? Is it safe to do under braking? I've felt a clunk a couple of times I've done it, but it's even rarer than how often I actually do it. Perhaps 1 clunk every 20-30 manual downshifts, which I only do on a few times on a single drive cycle on a single day once ever few weeks to couple months at most.
Just really wondering if I'll kill it early with this despite the infrequency, and what steps I may take to lengthen the lifespan of the tranny in the even that I 'have to' downshift it manually.
Also, can I like leave it in 1 to zip through the back parking lot of home depot at speed to get to something like the post office before it closes and such?
If I AM doing it {especially the manual downshifting} would it be safer to try to 'rev match' it, especially if I want to maintain rolling speed before acceleration, or should I just let off the gas, let it shift, and then proceed from there? Is it safe to do under braking? I've felt a clunk a couple of times I've done it, but it's even rarer than how often I actually do it. Perhaps 1 clunk every 20-30 manual downshifts, which I only do on a few times on a single drive cycle on a single day once ever few weeks to couple months at most.
Just really wondering if I'll kill it early with this despite the infrequency, and what steps I may take to lengthen the lifespan of the tranny in the even that I 'have to' downshift it manually.
Also, can I like leave it in 1 to zip through the back parking lot of home depot at speed to get to something like the post office before it closes and such?