Before decoding synchromesh and dog gearboxes, it is critical to understand the beast. It’s all about engagement; how the gearsets are selected within the transmission is the difference between ...

This is because car gearboxes started to be fitted with something called a synchromesh, which helped to make sure the gears didn’t grind when you selected a gear that didn’t perfectly match ...

I couldn’t drive but they taught me at Gresford. It was before synchromesh gears - we had to double declutch! I had my test on market day in Wrexham, in a lorry, with about 4 other girls in the ...

November 27, 2007 We've written before about Zeroshift's ground-breaking development of an exceptionally efficient automated manual transmission that does away with synchromesh and allows ...