Manual trans basics

Front

Most shift bar housings also have spring-loaded detent balls that engage notches on the shift rails for what reason?

Back

Shift rail interlock

Front

How many shafts are in a manual transmission?

Back

4

Front

Sliding clutches are splined to the mainshaft in between two range gears and are used?

Back

to lock one of the two gears to the shaft

Front

Synchronization eliminates the need for?

Back

double-clutching techniques

Front

Most heavy-duty transmissions do not use synchronizers because?

Back

synchronizers typically would not stand up to the heavy torque being transmitted by these transmissions and would wear out constantly.

Front

With overdrive ratios, the output shaft turns faster than the input shaft

Back

than the input shaft

Front

How does power flow in a transmission? Options: Neutral power flow, Reverse power flow, First-gear power flow, Second-gear power flow, Third-gear power flow, Fourth-gear power flow, Fifth-gear power flow.

Back

Neutral power flow, Reverse power flow, First-gear power flow, Second-gear power flow, Third-gear power flow, Fourth-gear power flow, Fifth-gear power flow.

Front

With modern on-highway engines capable of producing more than 2250 ft-lb (3051 Nm) of torque, the torque-handling capacity of transmissions has had to be what?

Back

Increased

Front

Multiple-countershaft transmissions split the input torque between two or three countershafts spaced 180 or 120 degrees apart?

Back

True

Front

The extra countershaft, or shafts, in a multiple-countershaft transmission produces more benefits than just increased torque capacity because the mainshaft gears are supported between two diametrically opposed countershafts the gears virtually float between those countershafts?

Back

True