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Originally Posted by svandamme

Well when it's about driving a manual, i would have no doubt bout that
since that's all we had untill recently. To us it's normal, and not something anybody discusses technique about.. If you drive a car, you know how to drive a manual around here.





Not in Belgium, you do have to park on an steep incline
show you can stop the car, put on the parking brake
and then drive off again without stalling the engine, which requires proper use of the clutch and some coordination

You wouldn't put it in neutral on an incline as you are supposed to park it in gear to assist the parking brake on the incline.





Either way, The question remains

Who here has first hand , ever seen a broken transmission, with a pilot bearing being the fault.

Millions of cars
millions of drivers

Find me one example if you want to give the theory some credibility
Surely that's not to much to ask ?

And if you can't offer a first hand example
The internet is very big and has all kinds of examples

1 forum topic anywhere, any car brand
title "My transmission is broken"
and somewhere in the thread "we tore it down, turns out that it was the pilot bearing, mechanic asked if i keep it in gear, clutch out at stop lights"

Again, I believe the thrust bearing is the real reason, not the pilot bearing. But you seem to have latched onto the whole pilot bearing thing.

I've never experienced a bad pilot bearing, so no first hand.

But here's a thread with pics.

Late model Pontiac GTO
https://www.ls1gto.com/threads/me-too-pilot-bearing-carnage-inside.450589/

Porsche 944
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/944-clutch-wear-bad-pilot-bearing/162908/page1/