Effect on Transmission.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19028, 30 May 1936, Page 9

Effect on Transmission.

In n way it .is unfortunate, some exports consider, that silent changes can be made with synchromesh boxes whatever the relation between engine and road speed, because, although the old gear changing bogey has been scotched, mechanical troubles in the transmission, this term including clutch, gearbox, universal joints, and rear axle, have multiplied. If the engine is running too fast for the road speed as a change of gear is made, when the clutch is engaged the ear will take a. leap forward. If the engine is operating too slowly, it will net as a brake' and impose a very sudden retarding influence on the car. In either case, the strain is taken by the parts in the transmission, and if tin* oar is subjected to too much of this treat--; merit sooner or later something will go.

It will Ire seen therefore that, though the gearbox itself is foolproof, this fact does not remove the obligation oil any man who has any respect for his ear to drive with a certain 'amount of skill and judgment. Though it is not necessary to go through the involved a lid complicated process of double clutching, necessary before the intrndhet ion of synchro-mesh, it is desirable to attune the car to the sound of the engine, and develop sonic judgment as in its speed in any gear for any given road speed, and, when changes of gear are matte, to adjust the etlgiue speed accordingly, It is not at. all necessary to be very exact, but it is essential tli.-it some judgment in this respect he used,