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BBgarage

Joined: Dec 6, 2005
Points: 98

Disc-O-matic
Original Message Dec 11, 2005 11:01 pm

Can someone please explain how exactly the disc-o-matic works so I don't take mine apart to try to figure it out for myself?

Note: I know how to USE it, but am not quite sure how exactly it functions.

Hell, I understand DSGs, Auto trannys, SMGs, manuals, and CVTs more than I understand this.

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Snowmann

Joined: Dec 3, 2003
Points: 494

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #17 Oct 18, 2008 10:12 am

coasteray wrote:

Zippo. Hi, there. Yes, you do have to stop to change gears. Same for reverse. Only the Honda hydrostatic trannys allow you to shift as you keep moving. But then, they don't have power steering. Weird.

Actually you can shift on the fly. Just not from forward to reverse or vice versa or you could rupture the friction disk.

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snowblowerguy

Joined: Oct 31, 2008
Points: 16

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #18 Oct 31, 2008 10:08 pm

in simple terms there are 2 disks one with a rubber outer surface and perpendicular to each other that contact and the farther out one moves the faster you go

coasteray

El Toro! 1028 LXE
Tecumseh 358cc
10hp

Location: NE Washington State
Joined: Mar 3, 2008
Points: 142

Re: Disc-O-matic
Reply #19 Nov 7, 2008 4:24 am

coasteray wrote:

I wasn't so clear when I posted my first comment. I was thinking of saving unneccessry wear on the rubber portion of the one disc. You can shift while moving, but I'd prefer avoiding that possible extra wear. It's certainly not a mechanical problem to change forward gears, or the reverse gears, but never go from forward to reverse, or vice versa, unless you stop beforehand.

El Toro! 1028 LXE - Tecumseh 358cc 10hp Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

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