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Originally Posted by brianhj
Lol you can't hurt the transmission by resting your hand on the shifter. Pushing or pulling on it yes, but just resting? No. Have you seen the insides of our transmission? What part would you actually be hurting by resting your hand there? Keep in mind we're talking about resting... Not pressing down on it with any amount of significant force.
The only bullshit people can come up with is "Well which gears do you think break most often?" Oh that's some definitive evidence right there.
Dumbest argument ever
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You're working the discussion down to a specific scenario. "Resting your hand on the shifter" can range from a simple touch to the weight of your whole arm. If you're not moving the shifter, you're most likely just fine. If you're resting enough weight to cause the stick
to move, it might cause enough deflection to move past the ball detents.
Don't be the guy who tries to shut down an argument without looking at the whole picture.
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Originally Posted by billwot
Seriously, does anyone here really believe there is actually any real likliehood that the tranny is going to "wear out" before, say, 250K, no matter what you do.
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"No matter what you do" is a pretty big loophole to that argument...
Some transmissions are obviously more susceptible to these kinds of problems (dragging forks, etc). This topic has been discussed all over the internet with people who do rebuild trnasmissions, on a huge number of different platforms. It is real, however unlikely it may be to happen to this car. And I would think actually rebuilding transmissions does lend some insight and experience that armchair engineers can only speculate.