Opel 1900 1973 Service Manual page 377

1973 OPEL SERVICE MANUAL
MAIN DRIVE GEAR (INPUT)
COUNTERSHAFT GEAR UNIT 3rd SPEED GEAR
3rd SPEED GEAR
GEAR SHIFTER SLEEVE
GEAR SHIFTER SLEEVE CARRIER
Third Speed
After synchronizing the speeds of the mainshaft
the 3rd speed gear, the gear shifter sleeve shifts to the
rear of the transmission and locks the 3rd speed gear
to the mainshaft through the gear shifter sleeve car-
rier. This gear shifter sleeve carrier is internally
splined to the gear shifter sleeve and is externally
splined to the mainshaft. Both the 1st speed gear and
the 2nd speed gear are idling. The reverse idler gear
is
idle.
With a 3rd speed gear ratio of 1.366:1, the main drive
gear (input) must turn 1.366 revolutions for every
one revolution of the mainshaft (output).
POWER FLOW - 3rd SPEED
COUNTERSHAFT GEAR UNIT GEAR DRIVE
3rd SPEED GEAR
GEAR SHIFTER SLEEVE
GEAR SHIFTER SLEEVE CARRIER
MAIN SHAFT (OUTPUT)
engaged with any gear and, therefore, it is
and