design evolution · FF-0566

How did later Ford three-speeds make the cluster gear easier to remove?

Some later gearboxes had some of these teeth ground off, which Ed says was not uncommon because they do not need them all. You would then turn the gear, locate it just right and pull it right out. This early box was not made that way, and Ed says it would not have taken much.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

cluster gear teeth

Applicable scope

Later Ford three-speed transmissions compared with the 1946 box, as Ed describes them