Manual Transmission Operation

This video demonstrates the operation of a typical manual transmission. See the parts of a manual transmission in operation.

TIMELINE:
0:00 Introduction
0:53 The Input shaft
1:06 The Countershaft
1:17 The Output shaft
1:40 Shift Shafts
1:55 3-4 shift shaft and 3-4 shift fork
2:08 1-2 shift shaft and 1-2 shift fork
2:19 Reverse shift shaft and reverse shift fork
2:30 5th gear shift shaft and 5th shift fork
3:33 Input shaft and splines
3:42 Clutch disk connection
4:00 Pilot bearing location
4:45 Synchronizer assemblies and operation
7:20 MUST SEE! Synchronizer assemblies rotate with the output shaft
8:20 MUST SEE! Gears rotate with the input shaft
9:07 1st Gear demonstration
12:20 2nd Gear demonstration
13:24 3rd Gear demonstration
14:35 Synchronizer wear and end gap discussion
16:25 The physical size of gears versus their gear ratio
16:55 4th Gear (input gear) demonstration
17:50 5th Gear demonstration
19:57 Neutral demonstration
20:07 Reverse Gear demonstration
21:20 Common manual transmission failures
23:00 Differences with a front-wheel-drive manual transaxle

I apologize for the coughing during the video. I am not a smoker, I am not sick, I just took a drink of water before shooting the video and got some water down the wrong pipe. I was shooting a video for my students and I was in a hurry.

ABOUT US:

This video helps demonstrate part of the following NATEF Tasks:
A3.C.3 "Diagnose noise concerns through the application of transmission/transaxle power flow principles.", a priority 2 task.
A3.C.4 "Diagnose hard shifting and jumping out of gear concerns; determine necessary action.", a priority 2 task.

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[WeberAuto]

I apologize for the coughing during this 2012 video. I am not a smoker, I am not sick, I just took a drink of water before shooting the video and got some water down the wrong pipe. I was shooting a video for my students and I was in a hurry.

[korayegepediz]

10% transmission
40% throat cleaning
50% shift shaft
love the video

[spacewolf]

Almost 9 years from uploading this video and he still answer the comments. What a legend!

[nsoper]

Saying "shift shaft" that many times without making an error is true heroism.

[KristiLEvans]

This man is a good teacher. I don’t care how much he has to clear his throat.

[rob]

This has to be the best explanation of manuals I've ever seen. I finally understand it. Whoever this was is an excellent teacher!

[Simple_Minded]

i know nothing about cars and this makes me want to learn more, thank you for the high quality educational content Sir . this is the type of teaching i needed in schools.

[DieselJS]

Watched the whole thing perfectly fine with good interest into his explanations etc, went down to the comments and everyone is complaining about him coughing? Man I noticed one cough at the start of the video, after that I was too focused on the transmission and his explanations. It is a shame YouTube took 10 years for this to get in my inbox.

[Randy_bosss]

every time he clears his throat hes shifting gears

[matth]

The power of the internet. A very smart and humble man willing to share his vast knowledge with strangers, and the majority of the comments are about him clearing his throat. Get over it. You don't know anything about the man or his health. Take the information and shut the hell up about his throat. Make your own drivetrain and hybrid videos if you think you can do better...you can't.

[marsel]

10 years ago but better quality video than most today.

[allanwagner]

This man is a wealth of knowledge and a fantastic narrator as well as a great teacher

[cooperpilot]

Five years and four thousand comments, and you still reply to every single one. Excellent video and absolutely astounding dedication!

[Testing-kxvs]

Great presentation.

Personally, I barely even noticed the coughing. That's because I'm not a whiny ADHD-addled keyboard jockey with zero concentration.

[_synyster_]

Grow up people, this is supposed to be an educational video and all you get so triggered by a little coughing and are so quick to come up with assumptions. thank you sir for this demonstration, this was very informative and definitely learned a few new things.

[starpuppet]

I was trying to understand a transmission, i watched to many videos but just couldn't understand.. this video with all its demonstrations helped me so much.. thank u

[sultanzsultanz]

There is a saying "i'm pointing at the moon and the fool looking at my finger", this is for stupid people who focusing on coughs and ignoring the many information and good things on this tutorial. Thank you MR.JOHN.

[DaggerOne]

My man needs zero video editing skill and still nails the point amazingly with raw footage

[Tariq]

Sir, I highly appreciate your professional way of explaining a complex machine. You made it very easy to be understood by a lay man. Highly commendable.

[gerbilfx]

I'd be coughing too if I had all that straight-up wisdom stuck in my throat.