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Originally Posted by Barnowlnoddy

Yes, one should be in the right gear at all times - but being so will not increase wear on any clutch. The clutch should already be engaged to allow such de-acceleration to cause braking effort in the gear chosen. Slipping the clutch is the cause of most wear problems.Try driving an Auto, and this will change down repeatedly, which should illustrate this effect; without the disaster?

Originally Posted by COLVERT

The wear I was talking about was wear to the Slave Cylinder which tends to be the first item to fail with heavy use. ( unfortunately this means the gearbox off and cost lots of money.)---

In fact to keep wear off this item I tend to use first ,third and fifth gears on the move, on fairly flat roads.------------

That's what I call a considered response - 6 years and 28 days of considering!