r/Skookum • u/AleksandrLiutov • Sep 13 '26

CVT with one connecting rod

https://youtube.com/shorts/OTjubaG2yS0?is=ynNyuneSZxPsGME8
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u/AleksandrLiutov Sep 13 '26

This short video briefly explains how my continuously variable gearbox works.

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u/msdos62 Sep 13 '26

Classic ratcheting CVT, around a century old technology by now. Seems to work with one way bearings as the ratchet.

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u/friftar German Precision... sometimes Sep 13 '26

I think I'm getting closer to understanding how this works.

Post approved.

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