pic: 571's new gearz loose weight

[Austin]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks very similar to the Technokats' 2002-2004 shifting technique. If it is...
This is a shift-on-the-fly system that uses two free-spinning gears (The outer two on the right of this pic) with some sort of mechanism that will engage with that center "dog" (between the two outer gears on the right). This center dog is connected to the shaft so that the shaft cannot spin w/out the dog spinning, and vise-versa. Hi/Lo gear is determined by which gear the dog is engaged in. I hope that this answers your question.

check this out for drawings of and other info on our 2003 gearbox --> http://technokats.org/archive.htm

[Jones571]

i tryed to upload a picture with the shifter in there but is said it was to big. if you want me to send a pic of it to u i will be glad just email me JcSpyder1211@aol.com and ill send it out to u

[Solace]

just for clarification...

yes, it does use the same principles as the Technocat transmission, but follows the design only very loosely.

the two of the gears on the output shaft have had dogs machined into, creating a standard 7/8" (i think) hex head. the engaging mechanism is a relative cheap 7/8" socket wrench attachment, which can slide in between connecting the low gear or the high gear. the shifting is done using a 3/4" ram which shifts both sides at the same time.

Each gear box weighs 6 pounds. The wheel output shaft is connected to a single chain that connects all wheels on a side. On one of the gearboxes, the alternative output shaft runs into another dog engaging mechanism identical to the one that switches the gears itself. activating the piston on that shifter hooks the output of the gearbox to the winch.

I do have pictures of the shifter, i will attach them as soon as i get back on my own computer.