It is difficult to manually shift these transmissions up through the forward gears.

He put the sandtrack in its forward gear and lurched down the slope.

Each of the forward gears on the countershaft is permanently meshed with a corresponding gear on the output shaft.

The previous discussion normally applies only to the forward gears.

However, whereas all the forward gears are always meshed together, there is a gap between the reverse gears.

A reverse gear implemented this way makes a loud whining sound, which is not normally heard in the forward gears.

The teeth on the forward gears of most consumer automobiles are helically cut.

The model is pushed forwards to put the eccentric in the forward gear position and backwards to put it in the backward gear position.

Jack pushed the lever into the forward gear, pressed down on the accelerator bar, and Morgan of Orris's oversized flash-light started to move forward again.

Then she sped backward out of the driveway, swung into the street and started working the forward gears, picking up speed.