Will manually shifting my automatic 2009 5.4 hurt it

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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 11:51 AM
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Will manually shifting my automatic 2009 5.4 hurt it

I've been manually shifting my 5.4 2009 f150 for a couple days it gives me something to do and gives me more torque will it hurt my truck in the long run
 
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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 12:21 PM
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No.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 12:44 PM
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Your a pretty straight forward guy
 
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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 12:46 PM
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No, it won't.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 01:02 PM
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The computer is still commanding the shifting and throttle opening, and if it's out of parameters it won't shift.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 09:56 PM
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Exactly. You can't destroy it like you can with a standard shift.

You aren't going to stall nor over speed it.
 
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