Hi Guys
You made a very good point Larry. If the input shaft speeds up so does the
cluster gear and all the rest of the gears inside the gearbox. Because they
are all constant mesh gears and this is why the system works. Where it gets
difficult, or more difficult to explain is when the output shaft of the
gearbox is going faster than the input. The situation can also be reversed
when the input is going faster than the output, obviously this is directly
related to the shift, e.g., going up or down the gearbox.
This is also why the upshift is easier than the downshift.
BTW it is usually the downshift that will kill a gearbox. If you doubt my
words listen to the synchro whine when you change down whilst going to fast!
You cannot create that noise when doing an upshift.
Just my humble opinion.
Regards,
John J, Black
http://www.waterloo-dtr.com
Agents for Vicarage Jaguar
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