Movable suspension for gear-shifting mechanism mounted on chassis

摘要

The end of a gearshift lever shaft (22) is movably suspended on a vehicle chassis (4) and is rotatable w.r.t. the chassis and displaceable longitudinally to transmit gear-changing movements of a manual gear lever to a gear selector shaft (46) connected to the gearbox. An articulated suspension component (56) is pivotably attached to a bearing component (50) to form an articulated connection (58) with a movement transmission member (60), which is flexibly connected at one end to the end of the gear lever shaft and at the other end is rigidly connected to the end of the selector shaft remote from the gearbox/ Damping pads (66) of elastic material are inserted between the bearing and the suspension components to damp relative movements. Pads are pref. of rubber or plastic with similar properties and bearing bushes of journals for bearing component are of low-friction plastic, e.g. polyurethane contg. Mo disulphide. Heavy vehicles with gearbox suspended from chassis Accommodates relative movements of gearshift lever and gearbox