Howdy, all.
I've got a buddy in Australia (well, New Zealand at the moment), Bill
Sherwood, who is poking around the web looking for information about
the queerbox. I think he is mainly after some sort of a description
of how the actual shifting works.
Bill S. wrote:
> Yes please - They could email me directly back if they like.
billzila@sinesurf.co.n
CC to me, please, should you decide to reply directly to Bill.
erikb@elrond.sp.trw.com
I wrote about this, eons ago:
>> Lotus built a tranny once. The factory mechanics called it the
>> "queer-box". ;-)
Mike Causer Replied:
> Lotus bought the gear cluster from Getrag (I think, maybe ZF), got a
> foundry to make a housing, bought in gears, bearings.......... Ok, in
> this case the gear cluster was their own design too, but the point is
> that nobody makes every piece that goes into a complex product in
> their own workshops.
Anyone else (or Mike C again, for that matter) got any queerbox
tidbits or tall tales to pass along?
Regards,
Erik "I prefer hetero 'boxes, preferably attached to NGWBTs" Berg
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