How to shift without the clutch (clutchless shifting)

Whenever I mess up a shift and grind gears my heart breaks a little.

Can't wait to impress my driving examiner with this

Thanks for posting this. My dad told he had to make it home this one time when his clutch was failing and when I asked how he did it he just said, “magic!” -_- ... but now I know :)

i feel so bad for this guy. everyone is calling him out for being stupid and they were all probably too lazy to read the description.

you know what grinds my gears? when people grind their gears.

how to shift without using the clutch step 1. don't.

This works when your clutch master/slave goes out, and you need to hobble home. Been there.

It is nice that someone takes time to show you how to do it. Long time ago I had a 4 speed with steel cable actuated clutch. I was driving along one evening on back roads, then the clutch cable broke; clutch pedal all the way to the floor . I had to learn on the spot how to do it. Put the car in second gear, crank it and then shift by matching the road speed with the RPM, and transmission speed to get home. That was a long night. Sold that car, and got me a Jeep YJ, with hydraulic clutch. I thought to myself, how cool that I do not have to put up with the clutch cable failing on me. I was WAY wrong. I was going off-road quite often. Than one day, when I was off-roading, out of the blue I was not able to get the car in/out gears. Jump out of the car and check the hydraulic clutch reservoir. Reservoir was empty; I broke the hydraulic line. Had to grind gears all the way home again.

First of all, thank you for making this video. You saved me quite a walk home. I watched this video about a year ago and learned how to shift without the clutch. About a month back, I was crawling a hill in my Jeep when out of no where I lost all clutch pressure (clutch hose pop from incorrect fitting). Thanks to your advice I was able to rev match on my way down the hill and was able to drive home using this technique. Some people might think this video is useless, but it definitely saved me a 20 mile hike. 

When you rent a car for the day ....

I've been shifting like this for 20 years on 4 cylinder hondas and Toyotas. (not every day, mind you, but enough for fun). There is no damage to your car. It also teaches you exactly how to shift for a smooth ride, even when you do use the clutch. Nice video, thanks for making it. Tractor trailer truck drivers also shift this way all the time. They call it floating the gears.

This is actually a technique used sometimes in racing. Usually nowadays you have a spark interrupter for that, but that's how they used to shift in formula one. Ayrton Senna was famous for being able to do that almost perfectly without technical aid.

You are a good dude for griding your own gears just to show what can happen if you don't do it properly. Thanks man!

I use to do that wen I was way younger, when I had a manual car. It's lots of fun. But I didn't have any RPM in my car back then. So it was all by feel and ear. Was still pretty easy to do. One of the main thing you need is confidence. You need to trust that you can do it.

literally nobody here read the description.

I honestly appreciate you showing the wrong move and grinding that gear, it helped me understand right where I was going a little wrong, respect and very wholesome, educational content here!

How to shift without the clutch: Drive an automatic

Isn't the clutch the fun in driving a manual?

I watched this video years ago, and last night it saved me when my clutch went out on a highway bridge in traffic. Only did it enough to get my car to a safe stopping point. Thank you.

Shits pretty useful when a clutchline finna leak. Much appreciated mate.