Patent ID: 7913580

Claim:
A transmission comprising: a plurality of gears for providing a plurality of speed ratios; a first shaft having a flange end and an adjustment end; a first sleeve shaft concentric with the first shaft having a first end, wherein the first end of the first sleeve shaft is in communication with the flange end of the first shaft; a second sleeve shaft concentric with the first shaft and axially aligned with the first sleeve shaft, wherein the second sleeve shaft has a first end; a plurality of synchronizers for selectively connecting at least one of the plurality of gears to at least one of the first and second sleeve shafts; a first fastener engagable with the adjustment end of the first shaft and configured to move axially on the adjustment end, wherein the first fastener has a fastener flange that contacts the first end of the second sleeve shaft; and whereby the engagement of the first fastener with the adjustment end generates a compressive force through the flange end of the first shaft to the first end of the first sleeve shaft and through the fastener flange to the first end of the second sleeve thereby forcing the first sleeve shaft to move closer to the second sleeve shaft.