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What does gearbox mean?

Updated: 10/23/2022
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This is technicaly a slang term for Transmision.

Most often but not allways a Manual Transmision.

In the case of the Type 1 Beetle this will be a Trans-axle assembly.

Not slang at all. Different countries and different manufacturers have different terms for things but gearbox is literally a box (casting) full of gears and dates back to the first mechanically propelled variable speed machines using gears and/or chains.

Transmission is the umbrella term for the train of devices that transmits power from the engine through to the wheels. where these are close coupled into a single unit the device is normally considered a transaxle assembly.

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