General Description

The Suzuki 5-speed manual transmission assembly is a constant-mesh design that consists of an input shaft, main shaft, countershaft and reverse gear. Gear selection and shifting are accomplished by synchronizers and synchronizer rings which are moved by shift forks that slide on their respective gearshift shafts. These synchronizers help to mesh the appropriate gears in order to obtain a gearshift. Reverse gear utilizes an idler gear supported on a sliding spindle idler shaft and is non-synchronized.

This design is available in two-wheel drive models and four-wheel drive models. The two-wheel drive model uses an extension case to house the speedometer drive and driven gears which are driven by the transmission main shaft. The four-wheel drive model uses a rear case mated with the transmission upper and lower cases and the transfer case. The speedometer drive and driven gears on the four-wheel drive model are located in the transfer case.