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W lnLroducLlon
W urpose of Lransmlsslon
W uslna aears Lo lncrease Lorque
W Cear 8aLlo
W 1ransmlsslon Cear 8anaes
W Cverdrlve
W Close and Wlde 8aLlo
W llnal urlve 8aLlo
lnLroducLlon
W A manual Lransmlsslon ls used wlLh a cluLch
W Also called a sLlck shlfL or a sLandard
Lransmlsslon
W A Lransmlsslon ls used ln rear wheel drlve cars
W ?ou musL shlfL aears manuallv
urpose of a 1ransmlsslon
W ?ou have Lo sllp Lhe cluLch durlna Lake off so
vou don'L sLall because a four sLroke enalne
doesn'L produce equal Lorque
W When Lhe enalne ls ln low aear lL Lurns Lhree
Llmes Lo one Lurn Lhls ls called a 31 raLlo
W ln a lower aear a small aear drlves a laraer
aear
uslna Cears 1o lncrease 1orque
W When Lhe drlvlna aear ls smaller Lhan Lhe
drlven aear Lhe speed decreases and Lhe
ouLpuL Lorque lncreases
W 1he dlsLance from Lhe cenLer of a aear Lo lLs
ouLslde ls Lhe aear radlus
W 1he radlus ls where Lorque ls measured
Cear 8aLlo
W A aear raLlo can be calculaLed bv Lhe number
of LeeLh on Lhe drlven aear bv Lhe number on
Lhe drlvlna aear
W 1he lnpuL aear ls called Lhe drlvlna aear
W 1he ouLpuL aear ls called Lhe drlven aear
1ransmlsslon Cear 8anaes
1 1ransmlsslon Cear 8aLlos lor 3 speed
Lransmlsslon 31 flrsL 21 second 11 hlah
and 31 reverse
2 8aLlos wlLh a fourspeed Lransmlsslon 31
flrsL 231 second 131 Lhlrd 11 fourLh and
31 reverse
3 llfLh Cear(Cverdrlve) 0731
Cverdrlve
W Cverdrlve ls Lhe opposlLe of aear reducLlon
W laneLarv overdrlve manual Lransmlsslons
were popular ln Lhe 1930's and 1960's
W 1he ouLpuL shafL Lurns fasLer Lhan Lhe lnpuL
shafL
W provldes anoLher sLep bevond Lhe 11 raLlo of
hlah aear
Close and Wlde 8aLlo
W Wlde raLlo Lransmlsslon ls when Lhere ls a
laraer dlfference beLween Lhe raLlo of aears
W Wlde has a flrsL aear raLlo closer Lo 31 whlle
close raLlo would have a flrsL aear raLlo closer
Lo 221
W Some llahL Lrucks have a verv low flrsL aear
called arannv aear
llnal urlve 8aLlo
W ls Lhe raLlo beLween Lhe Lransmlsslon ouLpuL
shafL and Lhe dlfferenLlal rlna aear
W LeLs sav a dlfferenLlal has a raLlo beLween lLs
plnlon aear and rlna aear of 31 lf Lhe
Lransmlsslon was shlfLed lnLo flrsL aear Lhe
flnal drlve raLlo Lo Lhe rear wheels would be
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