Transmission/Gears/Animation

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

It's interesting to study the power flow through the trans. With a trans on the bench & the shift tower OFF, you can shift it into each gear, turn it, & study the FLOW. Then, you discover that the shift rails/forks, move in the OPPOSITE direction of the shift lever! Understanding this stuff helps, when you're doing "ARMCHAIR" diagnosis of a trans problem.
Bill W.

[Mitch//pa]

A suggestion,,,
have the ratio listed when your in each gear

[Al 29Tudor]

Originally Posted by aermotor

Great - although a little fast for my slow brain and tired eyes.

John

I ran it many times in stop mode - then you can select different positions on the bar at the bottom and study any gear selection.

Great utube clip - very educational.
Thank you.
Al

[oldbike99]

Very nicely done. I like your work.

[mshmodela]

Once more, very nicely done... Thank you so very much!

[JRShaw]

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Mike - I think that this is an excellent idea, and would be of great value for many of us. Keep up the good animation work!!

Joel R. Shaw
Late '31 Pickup & 1/2 Late '31 Roadster

[apbright]

- Animate the motions of the shifter and the gears (show their sliding movement; should be possible, in e.g. Solidworks, don't know which SW you're using)
- Add colour codings to other gears as well (e.g. the cluster gear, reverse idler gear, etc.)
- Before showing the shiftings, introduce each of the critical parts with flash-up text (each of the gears, the forks, etc.)
- Add rotational animation of the input, output shafts and the gears

Nice to see modern technology applied to our old hobby. I'm still waiting for the day when solid model / *.stp files are available for all Model A parts. If it's still not done when I retire (20 years?), maybe that's what I'll do.

Great work!

[taffrail]

Great video, I now understand why the shift lever ball should be round and not almost square like mine !