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Welcome to GEARS Magazine's January/Feburay 2012 issue

If you missed ATRA's Powertrain Expo or need more information from an exhibitors you can view it here. Another feature of TOTAL ACCESS to the Transmission Repair Industry, from your friends at GEARS.To view the videos click HERE

 

GEARS magazine is the premiere technical and management information source for the transmission rebuilder and powertrain industry. Gears magazine is loaded with information on transmission repair, transfer case repair, transmission and powertrain diagnosis, transmission parts manufacturers and distributors as well as service companies aimed at helping the transmission repair professional.

GEARS magazine is published by the Automatic Transmission Rebuiders Association (ATRA) and is shipped free to over 18,000 transmission repair professionals nine times per year. With over 2100 members worldwide, ATRA is the oldest and largest non-profit trade association serving the transmission rebuild industry.

Current Issue

Jan/Feb 2012

GEARS Jan/Feb issue plus Online Buyer's Guide with category listings

Inside this issue ~ Get to know the 2011 Chevrolet Volt * 8 and Beyond: A new Generation of Automatic Transmisions * The 4L60 goes through its final redesign~ 

Plus More data on ATRA's latest consumer survey, Powertrain Industry News, and more all inside this issue of GEARS! 

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 2012 GEARS Buyer's Guide (click on image below) 

Bonus - ONLINE BUYER'S GUIDE 

 

Top Stories


Mercedes 722.9 Preliminary Information, Part 1

by: Mike Souza

The Mercedes 722.9 transmission has been around since the later part of 2004, but there still isn't a lot written about it.

This 5th generation transmission is the first 7-speed automatic produced by Mercedes Benz. The Mercedes designation for this transmission is New Automatic Gearbox 2 (NAG2) or 7G-Tronic. Along with seven forward speeds this unit also has two reverse gears ratios (similar to the 722.6) depending on whether it's in Sport or Comform mode.

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Introducing the 6-Speed 6F35 Transmission

by: David Skora

Starting in 2009, Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, and Mazda

Tribute will be equipped with a new 6F35 6-speed transaxle. Externally it looks like a cross between a CD4E and an AF21B. Internally it looks like a little Allison LCT 1000 with three sets of planets and five sets of clutches ...

 

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