transmission · FF-0565

Why does the cluster gear have to drop before an early Ford three-speed comes apart?

Ed wants to drop the cluster gear down first, and then everything else will come apart. One set of teeth is bigger and hits, so the gear cannot be pulled out. Once the cluster is knocked out it will fall about half an inch in the case, and then the rest can be worked on.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

cluster gear

Applicable scope

1946 Ford three-speed column-shift transmission from a customer whose Flathead Ed is also building