Evening chaps
Day 7:
Well we finally get our paws dirty in the workshop.
Our classroom within the workshop:
The workshop itself... there's a lot more to it than this (there's actually 4 workshops but this one's my class's) but I was limited to photos.... something about having to do work
Here's the transmission below:
And here;s a picture of the 4-speed transmission (from a ford I believe) following me adding some labdels from what i've learned....
Now please forgive me if I've got any of this wrong. But on the left is the input shaft. if my understanding is correct the power comes directly from the engine through this shaft and takes that power and transfers it to the output shaft which is the very large cogg on it's lonesome on the right and will be connected to the drive shaft which in turn goes to the wheels and the relevent diff. Now as this lesson was purely to learn about the tools (which i already know as they use the Hellfrauds 150 piece set) so in my own time I was quizzing the teacher and obviously there's only so much you can take in in one go so again apologies if I've got any of that wrong (maybe you could tell me if I'm right or not as every bit of knowledge helps
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In the picture also I've labelled the 4 gears... straightforward.
You'll note there are 2 arrow signs on the shaft where the gears live. These I believe are the gear selectors. SO again if my understanding is correct when gear 1 or 2 is selected the bottom most arrow showing 1 and 2 selector will ''latch on'' to the gear you've selected and rotate the shaft and output power. the upper most arrow does the same for gears 3 and 4. And when you put the clutch in or stick it in neutral the selector sits between the two gears and makes sure the shaft doesn't spin until a gear is selected and it can lock on to that gear.
We also took apart a carburettor but to be honest I didn't have time to quiz the teacher on this and I know everything's fuel injected anyway. Although when I did undo the bolts and prised it open there was the mini-est little gasket Ive ever seen; girls would call it cute!
Anyways I got practival again tomorrow and unless any of you want me to list all the items in a Hellfrauds 150 piece that's today's update done.