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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
Disengaging the clutch removes the engine speed from the gear. The idea is to match engine speed to the gear set. My schoolbus had an input shaft brake for shifts which is why you double clutched it between gears and stomped the pedal to the floor every time
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I also double clutched my school bus. Apparently I was the only one who knew how to do it, since everyone else just pushed on the shifter and waited a good 3 or 4 seconds for the synchros to do the job. I'd get comments on how I could race in a bus professionally if I wanted to.
In my cars I usually would double clutch the downshifts as the upshifts didn't seem to help that much.