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Standard transmissions nowadays often include mechanical features as well that make it very difficult / impossible to engage reverse (and first gear) while goin
by blattimwind 8y ago
Standard transmissions nowadays often include mechanical features as well that make it very difficult / impossible to engage reverse (and first gear) while going forwards at more than a few km/h.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoEven a 1950s era transmission will still be very hard to force into a gear if the speed difference is too great. Likewise you'll have a very difficult time shifting into reverse or 1st at speed. That's just how syncros work. You might be able to overcome it by double clutching but it would require conscious effort. Even just shifting to reverse while rolling is difficult.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoStill possible though. Years ago a friend and I pulled a manual transmission in a junk yard. He got it home, installed it, and then discovered reverse was completely stripped.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoA stripped reverse gear would be indicative of failure to put it in reverse. If the connecting rods had fled the engine that would indicate that someone succeeded in getting it into a gear it didn't want to be in.