Gears and shafts
As long as the gears are not connected by their opposite sides, they rotate freely. Only when a gear is engaged are the corresponding pair of gears connected to each other with a force lock. The gearshift lever acts by means of cables, a "shift rocker" and shift rods on the shift fork. With the help of the engaging sleeve of the clutch, it connects the gears of a given gear with each other with a force lock. In order for the gears to connect quickly and silently during the shifting process, the synchronizer locking rings ensure that the given pair rotates at the same speed: to do this, they brake the faster rotating gear in the stop cone until the lateral toothed surfaces of the gears come into silent contact and mesh with each other.
Forward gear and reverse gear
The first three gears slow down the engine speed. From the fourth gear, the drive wheels already rotate faster than the engine. Experts talk about a gearbox with a long gear, which deliberately emphasizes the protective characteristic of the power of Ford engines. In fifth gear, the difference in speed between the engine and the drive increases even more: this spares the engine and reduces, especially on long trips, fuel consumption. In all forward gears, two gears are involved in the process. In reverse gear, there are three. The third gear, which is also called an intermediate gear, rotates on its own shaft, it is activated if it is necessary to cause the direction of rotation of the output shaft for reverse.
Gearbox iB5 in neutral position: there is no power connection between the leading (drive) shaft 1 and the driven (output) shaft 2. The driven gear 3 does not move.