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hello I'm Chris in this video we're
going to have a look at how to change
gear using the palming method
it might look complicated at first but
having your hand in the correct position
on the gear lever will help you get into
the correct gear every time if you're a
new driver while someone who
occasionally changes into the wrong gear
by accident then hopefully this video
will help there are normally five
forward gears and one gear for reversing
reverse gear is identified by the letter
R and it might be in a different
position depending on the car you need
to remember the diagram on top of the
gear lever as it shows the gear layout
when changing gear it will be tempting
to look down where your hand is going
but looking down on your driving could
be dangerous at the moment the gear
lever is in neutral which means that
it's not in any year you can tell it's
in neutral
as you move the gear lever freely left
and right along this line you won't be
able to do this if it was in gear the
gear lever is spring-loaded which means
that it always brings to a central
neutral position
just below third and above fourth you'll
need to remember this because when you
change gear is important to apply
pressure in the correct direction or you
could make an error and change into the
wrong gear I'm going to change into
first gear from this neutral position
I'll appoint my thumb down with my palm
facing away from me as I'll be pushing
in left against the spring
and then forward the first
to change up the second gear my hands
will keep in the same position with
slight pressure to the left as I'll move
the gear lever backwards to second gear
having my hand in this position prevents
the gear lever spring into neutral and
then possibly selecting the wrong gear
I'm going to change up to third changing
up to third fourth and fifth I'll move
my hand so that my palm is facing myself
and my thumb is pointing up don't forget
that the gear lever is spring-loaded and
once the springs of the central neutral
position just on the third unlike first
ii where i didn't want it to spring to
the central position this time i do
my hand position will allow this to
happen
a little pressure forwards
and it brings the neutral and then
straight forward the third
a common mistake is to force the inter
third this could lead you to change an
inter first or fifth by accident always
remember to be gentle when changing gear
and don't force it I'll change back to
second and I can demonstrate the spring
with my finger to show how just by
pushing forward it springs into the
neutral position and then I'll push
forward again it's a third I'll change
back down to second
remember not to force it into third you
don't need to push left or right on the
gear lever just push forward slightly
let it spring to neutral and then
forward again to change from third to
fourth hand in the same position with my
thumb pointing up and palm facing me and
then move in a straight line backwards
to change from fourth to fifth hand in
the same position move it forward
slightly to neutral
a little pressure right and forward to
fifth we're now going to have a look at
changing down through the gears to
change from fifth to fourth I'll have my
palm facing me with my thumb pointing up
I want to allow it to spring to the
central neutral position
a little pressure backwards let it
spring to the center and then move
backwards to fourth changing from fourth
to third you can keep your hand in the
same position and push forward without
any pressure pushing left or right to
change from third to second I'll need to
push against the spring so I'll change
my hand position so that my palm is
facing away from me and my thumb is
pointing down remember any time you want
to change to first or second your palm
should face away from you I'll move it
back with slightly so it Springs the
neutral push left and in backwards to
second with second to first I don't want
it to spring to the central neutral
position as I might change the third by
accident I'm giving it slight pressure
to the left and forwards to first
to change into reverse gear from neutral
my palm will be facing me I'll push to
the right and backwards as mentioned
earlier reverse can be in a different
position depending on the car of
sometimes you might have to push down or
put a collar up we're now going to have
a look at what you sometimes could
selectively or block gear changing this
is basically skipping gears instead of
changing freely gears for example from
4th to 3rd to 2nd slow down to the
appropriate speed and then change from
4th straight to 2nd it's less work for
you and better for your clutching
gearbox you can also block gear change
up as long as you have enough speed for
that year let's change from fifth to
second anytime that you change to first
or second make sure that your palm is
facing away from you and thumb is
pointing down slight pressure backwards
to let it spring to neutral push left
and backwards the second let's try fish
2/3 my palm is facing me but I want to
let the gear lever spring to the center
to Standiford slight pressure backwards
so Springs to neutral and then forward
to third
third - first I need to push against the
spring so my palm is facing away from me
slight pressure backwards the neutral
push left against the spring and then
push forward - first I'm going to change
from third to fifth palm facing me
slight pressure backwards the neutral
push right and forward the fifth fifth
to first gear palm facing away from me
slight pressure backwards so that
Springs the neutral push to the left and
forward to first
let's try force the first palm facing
away from me
push forward slightly to neutral hold it
slightly to the left then forward to
first
and finally fourth to second don't
forget you need to push against the
spring for second and first
so palm facing away from me push forward
slightly to neutral hold it to the left
and backwards that's the end of the
talk-through I'm now going to
demonstrate changing gear without any
pausing first second third
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full fish
second third five second third fourth
fifth so
okay let's try them all again first
seconds well that's the end of our video
on how to change gear using the palming
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