Oh, poor T-5 transmission, how you’ve been powershifted relentlessly for years. Your clutch forks flexing, your synchronizers shedding their brass teeth, your gears chipping. Sometimes you disagreed ...

How It WorksWe should begin with the basics just to get everyone up to speed. Virtually every modern manual transmission consists of three shafts inside its case: the input shaft, the mainshaft, and ...

New state-of-the-art shift synchronizers are said to reduce fuel consumption and improve gear shifting ease for 9-spd. and 14-spd. gearboxes. The synchronizer, from Oerlikon Graziano, is being offered ...

A condition known as 1-2 synchronizer upshift nibble can exist in manual transmissions. This upshift nibble is a form of partial gear clash. Because of resource and project time constraints, an ...