kd1yt
Well-Known Member
I've come to think of this transmission as the equivalent of an "old school real-truck 4 speed" (1970s and earlier "work truck") - a really low 1st to get a substantial load moving from a dead stop, including a stop on an uphill slope, and then 2nd gear acting almost like a high 1st gear, and then a semi-normal pair of 3rd and 4th gears - but then in our case of the JT MT, with the addition of two pretty tall overdrives stacked on top (one (5th) high overdrive, and the other (6th) a really, really high overdrive)Uh. I own a 6MT and have driven a variety of commercial vehicles with standard transmissions. The JL/JT 6MT shifts very nicely. And the clutch is fine too. What sucks is the huge jump from 2-3rd, and the tall 5th and 6th gears. 6th is so tall I wish they had just spaced everything out much more evenly. As it is now you have to be over 3200 RPM to stay above 2000 RPM shifting to 2nd and 3rd. Apart from the clutch the real issue that I think Jeep won't mention is that the gearing combined with the 3.6 leaves something to be desired. Wish they made the 2.0T (more low end torque), the 4XE or the diesel with a manual, or heck bring back the 4.7v8.... I love my JT but you have to drive it like a sports car to get it to perform in ordinary street traffic.
I'd have personally preferred more even spacing across all six speeds. And I'd dance for joy at more low end torque.
But once I embraced and started to drive it like I describe above (old school real-truck 4 speed), and I also keep in mind that significant torque is sort of missing in action below about 1800 RPM -instead of what I'd wished it was- it actually works pretty well.
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