Different types of manual gearbox used in automobiles.

Gearbox is made up of a number of gears attached in a systematic manner to provide variation in speed and torque generated by an engine.

The gears and shafts are the two major components of the transmission and help in providing specific speed to the wheels.

The different types of gearbox used in the automobiles are discussed in this blog. Mainly they are divided into two categories- manual transmission gearbox and automatic transmission gearbox.

Manual transmission gearbox.

·        Sliding mesh gearbox: In this type, the gears available on the main shaft are shifted toward the right or left in order to provide appropriate meshing and supply required speed and torque to the wheels.

·        Constant mesh gearbox: In this type, all the gears are in constant mesh with the counter gears and rotate freely without rotating the main shaft. A dog clutch is employed which meshes specific free gear with the main shaft in order to provide specific output.

·        Synchromesh gearbox: This gears and shafts is little similar to the constant mesh gearbox but here the dog clutch is replaced by a Synchromesh device which helps in increasing smoothness while meshing and produces less noise compared with constant mesh gearbox.

These are the three different types of manual transmission gearboxes.

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