Manual Transmission Operation

This video demonstrates the operation of a typical manual transmission. See the parts of a manual transmission in operation. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:53 The Input shaft 1:06 The Countershaft 1:17 The Output shaft 1:40 Shift Shafts 1:55 3-4 shift shaft and 3-4 shift fork 2:08 1-2 shift shaft and 1-2 shift fork 2:19 Reverse shift shaft and reverse shift fork 2:30 5th gear shift shaft and 5th shift fork 3:33 Input shaft and splines 3:42 Clutch disk connection 4:00 Pilot bearing location 4:45 Synchronizer assemblies and operation 7:20 MUST SEE! Synchronizer assemblies rotate with the output shaft 8:20 MUST SEE! Gears rotate with the input shaft 9:07 1st Gear demonstration 12:20 2nd Gear demonstration 13:24 3rd Gear demonstration 14:35 Synchronizer wear and end gap discussion 16:25 The physical size of gears versus their gear ratio 16:55 4th Gear (input gear) demonstration 17:50 5th Gear demonstration 19:57 Neutral demonstration 20:07 Reverse Gear demonstration 21:20 Common manual transmission failures 23:00 Differences with a front-wheel-drive manual transaxle I apologize for the coughing during the video. I am not a smoker, I am not sick, I just took a drink of water before shooting the video and got some water down the wrong pipe. I was shooting a video for my students and I was in a hurry. ABOUT US: Weber State University (WSU) - Automotive Technology Department - Transmission Lab. This video demonstrates the operation of a typical manual transmission. See the parts of a manual transmission in operation. The information here applies to most manual transmissions and transaxles. This particular transmission is a 1995 Toyota “Truck“ 5-speed Aisin R150 model. A version of this same transmission is used in some newer vehicles today. We teach current vehicle technologies to our automotive students at Weber State University and online. For more information visit: This video helps demonstrate part of the following NATEF Tasks: “Diagnose noise concerns through the application of transmission/transaxle power flow principles.“, a priority 2 task. “Diagnose hard shifting and jumping out of gear concerns; determine necessary action.“, a priority 2 task. This video was created and edited by Professor John D. Kelly at WSU. For a full biography, see Visit my other youtube channel to see the amazing NVH app for vibration diagnosis! DONATE TO OUR DEPARTMENT Please consider a donation to the Department of Automotive Technology at Weber State University here: