Disc-O-matic

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.

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:

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.

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.

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