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Automotive transmissions. A preselector gearbox is a type of manual transmission mostly used on passenger cars and racing cars in the 1930s, in buses from 1940–1960 and in armoured vehicles from the 1930s to the 1970s. The defining characteristic of a preselector gearbox is that the gear shift lever allowed the driver to "pre-select" the next ...
Internals of a Getrag 282 manual transmission for a front-wheel-drive vehicle ( Oldsmobile Cutlass) A manual transmission ( MT ), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear ...
A sequential manual transmission, also known as a sequential gearbox, or a sequential transmission, is a type of non-synchronous manual transmission used mostly for motorcycles and racing cars. [1] It produces faster shift times than traditional synchronized manual transmissions, and restricts the driver to selecting either the next or previous ...
A jack is a mechanical lifting device used to apply great forces or lift heavy loads. A mechanical jack employs a screw thread for lifting heavy equipment. A hydraulic jack uses hydraulic power. [1] The most common form is a car jack, floor jack or garage jack, which lifts vehicles so that maintenance can be performed.
A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device which uses a gear set —two or more gears working together—to change the speed or direction of rotation in a machine. [1] [2] Many transmissions have multiple gear ratios, but there are also transmissions that use a single fixed-gear ratio. Most currently-produced passenger cars ...
A close-ratio transmission is one which is described relative to another transmission for the same vehicle model. The relativity applies only for the transmissions offered for a single make and model; that is, there is no specific threshold value or accepted industry standard that determines whether the steps between gears constitute a normal ...
Toyota S transmission. Toyota Motor Corporation 's S family is a family of cable operated manual transmissions built for small to mid sized front wheel drive vehicles, but also used in mid-engine applications. The S family has received various upgrades and enhancements over its design life.
Tom Hardy has explained the thinking behind his unconventional accent in The Bikeriders. The London-born actor, 46, stars in the new film from Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols as the leader ...