countershaft in a sentence

Examples

1. It developed over a four-speed countershaft gearbox and a propeller shaft, which drove the rear wheels.
2. Instead of measuring speed from the front wheel the speed is measured from the countershaft sprocket with an electronic speedometer.
3. A countershaft concentric with the swingarm pivot was driven by a chain from the transmission and drove the rear wheel.
4. The Model H was fitted with a Sturmey-Archer three-speed countershaft gearbox operated by a hand gear change lever.
5. For manual transmissions the PTO is generally driven from a countershaft gear, but can also be found being driven by the reverse idler gear.
6. In mid-1914 they updated the motorcycle design by adding a three-speed'countershaft'gearbox complete with integral kick-start.
7. It used Hans Renold chain drive to the countershaft, and the drive to the rear wheels was by 1.125inch armoured V-belts.
8. When the transmission is put in neutral and the clutch is disengaged, the input shaft, clutch disk and countershaft can continue to rotate under their own inertia.
9. In large ships, an emergency stop button pulls the countershaft for the fuel pumps to the stop position, cutting off the fuel supply and stopping the engines.
10. The brakes comprised a foot operated band brake operating on the transmission countershaft, and two internally expanding brakes on the rear axle operated by the hand brake lever.