Doug Nash 2 Speed Gearbox

[TeeJayRichens]

Can anyone advise me if "in real life" on a Doug Nash ( or equivalent ) gearbox the gearlever returns to centre when first and second gears are engaged or does it stay in the forward ( 1st ) or backward ( 2nd ) position?

 

Also how does the reverse gear lever work?
Does the gearbox have to be in neutral to engage reverse or does pulling on the lever to engage reverse "pop" the forward gears into neutral?

You must select a foward gear after coming out of reverse?

And does it lock into reverse position or "spring" returns back to the normal running position?

 

Or does it override the forward gears?

Pull on reverse and it disengages forward and then re-engages forward when released?

 

See attached images

 

[TeeJayRichens]

An update from the nice people at Elite Racing Transmissions.

 

The gearlevel is NOT spring-loaded to return to the central position after being released when it's shifted to first or second.

There's a positive lock to hold the lever in any of the three positions ( 1 - N - 2 )

 

To use reverse gear the main lever MUST first be in neutral.

The reverse level also locks into it's two positions.

To go back to using the forward gears, the reverse lever MUST be returned to the neutral position.

Edited April 12 by TeeJayRichens