Second Gear, Pilot Left Steer

TM 9-2520-249-34&P

b. Second Gear, Pilot Left Steer (fig. 2-28).

Figure 2-28. Second gear, pivot left steer operation-torque path.

(1)

The power flow through the

the vehicle to pivot about a point approximately at its

range section and right output section is the same as

center (during full steer). Lesser application of steer will

that described in paragraph 2-50b. However, in the left

lengthen the radius in which the vehicle travels.

output section, the reverse clutch is engaged. The

(3) Second gear, pivot right steer,

power flow in the left output section is, therefore, as

operates in the same manner as pivot left steer except

that the actions described in (1) and (2), above, take

(2) In second gear, pivot steer, one

place in opposite sides of the transmission. (The

transmission output rotates as in straight travel

reverse range right clutch is engaged, while the left

operation for second gear, while the opposite output

transmission output drives forward as in second gear,

operates as in reverse gear. Thus, one vehicle track

straight travel.)

drives forward while the other drives in reverse, causing

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