selector fork

Look at this picture, what you can see are the selector forks.

The locomotive is not currently in use, as a new selector fork is required.

Built with new selector forks and gearbox bearings.

Running in the tracks are the selector forks, either directly, or via selector rods.

Gearboxes Copper alloy bearing materials are used for selector forks and heavy duty bearings.

Gear selector is drum operated cam driven selector forks.

These tracks deviate around the circumference and as the drum rotates, the selector forks running in the tracks are moved to select the required gear.

Discussing his findings with the team who strip down the cars, the chief powertrain engineer remembered seeing a damaged selector fork exactly as indicated by Working Model.

The gearbox, which is a close ratio job, if abused or high mileage, jumps out of gear - normally second - caused by wear on the selector forks.

Untitled Document 17. The other crucial parts of the gear selector system are the selector forks which I've left installed in the top crankcase half.

Selector forks for automobile gear boxes are commonly made from aluminium bronze AB1 or a leaded high tensile brass HTB1(Pb).

The very original car ran very well in practice on the Friday finishing up 5th fastest overall, but suffered a broken selector fork during the first lap of qualifying on the Saturday.

However, the splines allow the selector to move back and forth on the shaft, which happens when it is pushed by a selector fork that is linked to the gear lever.

MANUAL TRANSMISSION: - All parts contained within the transmission casing including: - gears, shafts, bearings and bushes, synchro hubs and cones, selector forks and shafts.