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Manual Transmission/Transaxle: Description and Operation

DESCRIPTION
The Muncie 282 five speed manual transaxle is a constant mesh design transaxle. All forward gears, reverse gear and differential output are combined in the assembly. Selection and shifting is accomplished by a combination of synchronizers with blocker rings controlled by sliding rail shift forks. Reverse gear is not sycnhronized with the idler gear supported on a sliding spindle idler shaft.