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Originally Posted by Thomas Reynolds
The reverse idler gear gets pretty beat up on the side because of way it forces itself up to mesh the other two gears it contacts, so this is a improvement in 4 ways:
1. Reverse is quieter. (not a big thing but of note)
2. Reverse will be easier to shift into from a stop.
3. It braces the input shaft as noted before. 
4. The idler gear will not wear like before. |
Thanks for the additional info! I saw that the fork on the input shaft was for 3rd and 4th, the back fork on the main shaft was for 5th and reverse, and the front fork on the main shaft was for 1st and 2nd, but in looking at the two stacks, I couldn't figure out
physically how the reverse system worked (e.g. B13 tranny has reverse brake cam to stop the spinning input shaft and allow the reverse idler gear to physically slide upward and engage the input and main shafts).
