Manual Transmission-Reverse

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vN4D File

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Info

The input shaft (in pink) transmits power to output shaft (in blue) through the counter shaft (in yellow) and reverse gear (in orange, an idler gear) to reverse the rotation. Note the reverse gear is at very low gear.

Source

This Working Model file is adapted from Figure 9.44 on p.505 and Figure P9.4(b) on p. 517 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R.L., McGraw-Hill, 2004, and also from Figure 493 on p. 442 in Kinematics of Machinery by Albert, C.D. and Rogers,F.S.,  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1931.

Credits

This Working Model file was first developed by Jie (Jeff) Yang.