I Built a Multi Speed Transmission Using Gears! (Scrap Mechanic Gameplay)

Hey everyone back with more Scrap Mechanic! Today we are looking at a new gear mod that works amazing and as a result I attempt to build a working multi speed transmission setup!
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#scrapmechanic #kangaming

[@botston]

Trophy truck with piston engine, wishbone suspension, and differential.

[@kANGaming]

I feel like at some point its going to lag but I want to try recreating a differential first I think to see how it compares to the older one I have.

[@user-po6hn9id1t]

And rack & pinion steering

[@evanherriges4042]

@@botston do you own the game?

[@botston]

Evan Herriges uhh no

[@soopespeed]

@@kANGaming I have a differential that works I think, I'm making an as realistic as possible car right now. So far it's not lagging, but I'm not done

[@dalmaronthefirst2237]

Ive missed these kinds of more technical builds. I always love these.

[@laurensholthof]

Yeah, he should make another one of these vids where he also makes a piston engine that constanly spins and a neutral, and a good suspension, so its a realistic car.

[@moosles1357]

@@laurensholthof i have to correct you *suspension*

[@laurensholthof]

@@moosles1357 Sorry wrote it in a hurry, and didn't proofread it. English is not my native language.

[@THESLlCK]

Dalmaron The First this is mechanical, not technical, but hell yes.

[@bigcelery1527]

Amen Brother

[@sonnyboiii5292]

KAN go on main assembly, they added BEARINGS you can build PISTON ENGINES IN MAIN ASSEMBLY

[@kANGaming]

I saw that! Definitely going to have to try making some complicated setups in Main Assembly!

[@pwfox3963]

Hehe doge

[@sonnyboiii5292]

@@kANGaming OMG U HEARTED IT I just spent 2 hours making one, but forgot to save it so now im in a bad mood but thank you Kan u made my day

[@christine3210]

hey im a big fan and if you could make a race were you race with cars that drive backwards

[@moosles1357]

@@christine3210 they've done that

[@sirhoneybadger5875]

Challenge (given it doesn't lag too much), Connect a piston engine up to this transmission, then into a central differential splitting off into two CV / U-joints to two more differential for both front and back axles. Complete with suspension and steering. A fully mechanically-driven car.

[@user-ss6gp2gu6r]

When survival comes out the design will become even more realistic with fuel

[@voidman6419]

IDK what are you talking about but, it seems to be really cool

[@shotloud6838]

When you learn more from a 17 minute scrap mechanic video other than 4 years in engineering school.

[@user-ss6gp2gu6r]

But annoyingly, they wont take this as proof that you know what you are doing, you need a special piece of paper

[@evanherriges4042]

imagine in the future you can show you know what you are doing by playing video games with gears

[@ZackeryCochran]

Legit this video just taught me how gears work. I'm amazed. All that homework finally makes sense, lol.

[@ST3W101]

that sounds true

[@matzi9662]

@@ZackeryCochran but this is far of from how a car transmission works...

[@corabbx3165]

We're you had the suspension, you could put a piston with a power at zero so it's more like suspension. if I remember pistons don't have a suspension like glitch. If I'm wrong I'm wrong thought, just giving my two cents into it.

[@kANGaming]

Problem is building it. You need the piston to be extended to 5 blocks when you build it and I don't think there is a block that can do that.

[@corabbx3165]

@@kANGaming true, didn't think about, wonder if anyone has modded any block of different lengths, that have no collisions. Well it was a good idea, but I was wrong, lol

[@embe_8244]

@@kANGaming There is! in durf`s modpack thre is 5 block long suspension!

[@corabbx3165]

@@embe_8244 he used that in the build, but to get rid of the suspension glitch, I thought use a piston, but like the suspension piece, because the piston doesn't have the suspension glitch effect happening at faster speeds. So he needs something that can compress and expand, but not using a suspension piece. Hope that makes any sense whatsoever.

[@azurethi2851]

@@kANGaming You could use two pistons, one at 0 power & 0 length then another to stretch the first out of they way when the creation is removed from the lift

[@agatsu6635]

I LOVE those type of videos where you use mechanical gears like used in car, it's... So... Cooool !

[@Alessandro-dz3cw]

I need the gears!!, btw 1:15 u need to put the bearing to the gear and then weld it to the wall, new gears very cool

[@kANGaming]

I put the link to the mod in the description :D

[@rejigaming5989]

Cool

[@mbuk683tke2]

Awesome concept and would love to see an automatic version. As a solution can you put a piston on the other end where the suspension was the reacts opposite to the existing piston to support the engine output, Then put some "T" pipes with free bearings and some bracing to the sides of the car on the back side of the cogs to stop them flexing as well. Keep up the amazing content

[@rickyheath7607]

This has been an amazing demonstration in the mechanics of gears over anything that can be taught in a class.

[@wapplee2310]

Please do more of these videos! Gears satisfy me too, watching them work and other mechanical ways to make them spin and make them do stuff in Scrap Mechanic just amazes me. Gears are a whole new world to me.

[@wyatt990]

Yes I do think that a automatic gear box in a creation. I wish they had a gearbox mod.

[@user-ss6gp2gu6r]

YES! Continue the realistic car series and maybe we can put everything together!

[@TailcoatGames]

“It just w o r k s “ -Tod Howard

[@olivererlandsson30]

Try to build like a grandfather clock. That would be really cool

[@conbonji8592]

These technical builds are amazing, Great work.

[@whacker9265]

I absolutely love the technicality and possibility of the new gears. Plz build more technical stuff

[@undefinedones]

Haven't watched the full video yet but wanted to start this comment. You explained gear ratios very well and used terms that everyone could understand. I like that. So after finishing the video i may have a suggestion that could help. You could use a twin shaft transmission. Meaning you drive gear from your power source runs through the center with your gear selection(ratio) running tandem down the sides with a single output in the center at the rear. It was a very common design for semi truck manual transmissions. I wish i could explain it better but it's hard to write out every single thing about that.

[@michaelroe2991]

that plays tunes and strikes the hour and keeps real time

[@gorfeld8880]

Nice job man. I've been making and perfecting semi-realistic transmissions in Scrap for a while now, I think this might be the mod I need for smooth operation. Neat to see people trying it out themselves lol

[@equinox2584]

Kan: so we're gonna need a smart engine and of course that means we need to hook it into a ws converter Me: pretending to understand everything kan says.

[@TailcoatGames]

Ws converter means he’s making it works so that when he’s in he seat pressing w goes forward and s goes backwards

[@moosles1357]

You did it!!! yaaa!!

[@rylenstuffsv2]

@TheHunter I don't understand both of Minecraft and scrap mechanic

[@phoenixbda6164]

Mumbo Jumbo but Scrap mechanic

[@backup_jack6921]

I’ve wanted this game for so long

[@channelending3117]

Haven’t we all

[@disso1]

manual is the only one you need :))) also this exactly a manual because manual transmissions have a clutch which is the thing that releases the transmission so u can change gears so this is more of a semi-auto anyway, in car culture basically the whole community agrees the manual is the best

[@kANGaming]

I agree I loved my manual I just like the challenge of making something automatic :D

[@disso1]

@@kANGaming big thicc juicy viscous and beautiful robux on your quest Mr big brain man :)))

[@timrattenbury4768]

It’s just more fun to use a manual

[@djaydeved]

i mean essentially kan made a sequential (?)

[@Dragonlord826]

Ah yes a fellow man of car culture

[@zombieblaster5754]

I've never seen this game played before but the fact that you can make transmissions just looks epic. I want to see a 10 speed automatic like in the newer mustangs. It would be cool to see how big 10 speeds would be.

[@ollie_z]

I've been watching for almost 2 years now and this games has came a LONG way

[@thomashopkins5343]

It has DEFINITELY

[@amateurprogrammer25]

Fun Fact: To quickly write numbers into a memory, connect a Keypad to it. The different buttons on the keypad are actually separate buttons and work like a calculator, sort of. It constantly sends out a number value equal to the number you type in (i.e. if you press 3, it will output 3, and if you subsequently press 5, it will start outputting 35), and if you press Enter it will output a 1 tick logic pulse and then reset itself. Very useful for writing memories. If you want to write 30 to the currently selected address, just wire up a keypad and type 3-0-Enter.

[@Semparo]

Need some "Tractor Pull" videos with all that Torque! Would be amazing to get the piston radial engine made with a geared transmission!

[@g4mmalotus937]

Kan, I designed a mechanism with modpack logic that makes it so you can't keep adding to a number block after a certain point. You could use something like that in this mechanism so you don't start shifting into non-existent gears. I made it using an and gate, a math block, and another number block. The math block checks to see if the number block hooked up to the memory block is either less than/equal to a number, or greater than/equal to a number. You hook up the number input and the output of the math block into the and block, and boom. You can have two of them for both extremes, 0 and 4, and you don't have to worry about the memory block going past a certain point. I used this system in my Forklift and lift designs so the number block that goes to the smart engine doesn't start counting into the negative when the lift/fork is at its lowest setting.

[@simoncarroll26]

This is the COOLEST thing I've seen made in this game! Literally blew my mind! Loved this video, and all your others. Thank you kAN! :)

[@brandonler5120]

More gear concepts please! This is absolutely fascinating!

[@ikjell2001]

Maybe you could stabelise the gears using a gear on all 4 sides of the shifting gear, i used this myself with the old gears and it worked fairly well

[@sp1ff325]

Man you really have some patience to make this. Nicely done

[@JonoLeviaThan]

When kan starting talking about the smart engine and stuff my brain was like 🤯🤯

[@hydroman2424]

This game is starting to feel like gmod. It’s nice to see a different game where you can build all sorts of contraptions and drive them around. I wonder if this game would ever have a CVT based transmission for cars like gmod had.

[@mathiasfonseca6070]

Use a piston in place of the suspension. Place the piston extended in reverse and it will decrease in other gears.

[@ame7165]

even today the small gear has the issue. workaround is putting bearing on gear, then weld bearing to the place you want to mount the small gear, and that only welds the bearing and not the gear itself, so it'll rotate like it's supposed to

[@someczechguy4261]

There's no limit to kan's power and knowledge is there.

[@patricktalksalot427]

Oh man! I love gears! This makes me really want this game now lol!

[@flameguyorsmth7686]

i saw moonbo video earlier today and I just sat there waiting for you to do and actually transmission... also can you make it automatic I would love to see that. also mm idea do a plunger gun challenge with the plunger mod that I saw scrapman use

[@rishabhneeshath6634]

I honestly cant wait to see you play survival! Btw amazing vid bud!

[@john_duncan]

You could maybe have a dummy gear on a shaft that follows the main drive gear ( like a rest on a lathe) that has the purpose of absorbing the flex when all that torque is transferred into the drive gear, so that it will push back into position.

[@SetNode]

If you can manage to add some sort of clutch, you'd have a far more smooth transition between gears. And perhaps, if you use a piston engine, you might have a sturdier driveshaft.

[@masonroos8199]

you should try to make a full on manual and then try to make a speed sencer for the atimatic

[@pascal2085]

Nice video. I've always liked your technical videos!

[@soopespeed]

I found out about the gears from moonbos video too, and I'm working on a 5 speed with realistic suspension, rack and pinion steering, and differentials. I'm trying to make it all wheel drive, but that might not work. I already have a working (I think, I haven't really tested it yet) differential and transmission. It will use no engine and be (technically) piston powered

[@jeremiahdodson2511]

Yes convert it to automatic!! This is such a cool thing to do in a game like this. Wish my computer could actually run it

[@g4mmalotus937]

I knew you would have a field day with this mod as soon as Moonbo posted the video

[@imstillminty337]

Sick idea

[@Capstone2266]

Finally, gears Also, Gear wheel challenge? Maybe make the gears start rotating in the car then they lead to the wheel gears?

[@AlunnaRaven]

Omg ok I love this you should def try to make a piston engine with a gear transmission and boom realistic car they need to add gears into survival

[@pad4637]

Thanks for making my day KAN! :)

[@el_sheppe]

I think what you could do is triple stack all the gears, maybe comehow shift them a few degrees to make a sort of helical gears. Another idea is just double stack the gears, leave them "straight cut" so when they do eventually skip, they don't disengage.

[@dog958]

Scrap Man:The Prepaired Kan:The Mechic (Small Builder) moobo :The Teamate Kosmo:The Noob (No Offinse)

[@Cutie22704]

Piston engine -> gearbox -> wheels? Also try to make an AWD version of this if possible.

[@TheCarDemotic]

I love your builds like this

[@DarkSwordsman]

I didn't realize that there were mods for Scrap Mechanic. I've been making tons of stuff in besiege, and one of the things was making a good transmission, but the insane changes in gear ratios made it difficult, on top of the flimsy mechanics. I'm definitely going to try this out though. Thanks for inspiring me. :D

[@gromit7073]

I love the proof of concept

[@nepi7847]

instead of the suspension, you could use another piston that rectracts as the one extends

[@moss6835]

Maybe you could put a piston at the other end and make it so it extends when your in reverse 1st,2nd and have compressed when in 3rd like the suspension but you won't have the suspension glitch

[@Balragh]

Amazing, make your best car with this mechanism !

[@scottulatowski5222]

Try replacing the suspension u removed at the end with another piston and just move it opposite to the shifting pistion

[@jickhertz4124]

Really cool! Maybe you could make it so that the yellow drive shaft also changes to the specific gear so it doesn't spin all the others?P.S. Love your vids:)

[@usa_ham1337]

Yo kAN, it's skipping because you don't have a differential on the rear axle. Having a diff with plenty of slippage will allow your transmission to not have hiccups like such and allow the wheels to rotate at different speeds without issue.

[@JagiUGG]

Awesome seeing my mod in a famous video. Thanks Moonbo and kAN!

[@joelrobe5498]

A military design of planetary gears and clamping each gear set to achieve speeds may work better. The last ratio may need to be 1:1 or 2:1 at most for overdrive once at speed. More contact points that the gears have the less skipping u will have

[@marcobizzaro3526]

I don't even play this game but those gears are so hypnotic

[@dapperjaydoubleyou8468]

I got a vid idea. Use real life Lego instructions to build creations on trail makers to the best of block limits btw luv ur vids

[@jamesreynolds8208]

I any one could do it he could

[@yesimabelugastan2213]

First. Thx for the epic vids stay safe. You should try build a differential.

[@hytrozion]

"if you overshift, it's your problem" 😂😂😂

[@bf109g14]

after i saw the video you made with the electric motors with the magnets mod i thought it would be cool to build a transmission to go with it now pair the electric motors and transmission and make something cool

[@EpsilonRosePersonal]

This is a weird thought, but if you're familiar with Factorio, there's an interesting mod called Factorisimo that lets you build little factories that you can then build inside, so you can pump resources from your main production line into the factory, have them go through some sort of processing, and then retrieve the finished products form the other side. I wonder if you could make a similar mod for Scrap Mechanic, so you could build your gear assembly in a sort-of black box that just has a couple of axles and control points sticking out, without having to deal with the bulk from the gears themselves.

[@crewst4312]

My first thought when I saw the gears was to make a piston engine and make a transmission and connect the 2

[@vcokltfre]

This is the awesome content I'm subbed for :D

[@rbtvirya4386]

I would like a replica of an F1 car, it has 9 gears (1 reverse and 8 forwards), it has pushrod suspension, and downforce using the aero mods. Also, to shift faster between gears you might as well increase the piston speed. Edit: F1 cars are manual and they shift very, very quick. Like, 0.005 seconds quick. Edit 2: You don't need to make it a 1:1 scale, because it has a lot of gears. By the way, the engines themselves rev up to 15000 RPM, so that's quite fast. Hope you can replicate it, cuz I would like to see an F1 car in Scrap Mechanic!

[@yann7572]

Robert Virya relax

[@zarnox3071]

I'd like to see you work with the ASCII blocks. I've got a creation on the workshop that uses a memory panel to store and display 160 characters at once. You could write a short book. Or the Bee Movie script.

[@dragonpc8258]

what they really need is a U-bolt. something that can attach a drive train to a solid block to get rid of the wobble of the drive train. something like a bearing that also acts like a block, so it attaches to a block but any pipe going through the block acts like a free spinning bearing to attach something to the other side of said block to continue the drive train in a more solid and stable rotation. would solve SO many problems in this game.

[@skiesquiggles7319]

A piston powered plane with these would be awesome!

[@broughttoideas]

Close to an actual transmission you have your input shaft and output and theres normally dogs that push the gears but depends on the transmission you want to reference from

[@loneflwolf721]

Yay more Kan videos do enjoy your vids should upload more lol

[@degi1351]

Kan, to keep the main shaft in place without the suspension try making something similar to the mechanism of a lathe steady rest

[@btngana2077]

1:3 and 1:5 gear ratios would be perfect addition for this mod

[@Wreckedftfoxy]

the old ones are for diffs or the part that connects the driveshaft to the rear or front axle they are bevel gears

[@Dergishmere]

try the drive axle being in the center of a planetary gear setup. That would keep the gear in spot without having to stabilize the back end of the drive shaft.

[@felipecarlin8540]

A tank with differential and "realistic drive", only one engine!

[@jacobrobinson7373]

Youd need some sort of synchroniser to make the input shaft (the blue shaft) spin at the same speed as the gear or vise versa.

[@bobthreetimes2286]

To fix the suspension glitch issue is that you could replace it with a piston that goes back as the gear shift piston goes forward.

[@lunarz7117]

You could use a piston in place of that suspension (connected to a smart engine set at 0 power).

[@monkeyman8608]

Ian is like the mumbo jumbo of scrap mechanic

[@Suo_]

You can get rid of the suspension glitch when you change that suspension with piston and put the pistons power to 0

[@hackerdeleon7673]

TOTALLY makes sense

[@veanny2005]

Cool video. I love this kind of videos

[@nigga_man]

i love this kind of videos

[@aaronwalls9301]

you should add a neutral in between 1st and reverse and use a number block to display gears

[@franciscolobaton7563]

kan, try to use dog rings or syncros like a real manual gearbox, that way you can have all the gears meshed correctly and only mesh the dog rigs on the output shaft

[@ninocabugaoii399]

I frickin love this vids.... Im kinda learning..

[@tmpace9]

This brings me bag to Knex transmissions

[@ninocabugaoii399]

Satisfied

[@jeepaholic326]

Maybe make one with a weighted flywheel that spreads with speed. Use the spread and sensors to automatically shift. I made one a few years ago but we didn't have all these mods. I'd make one now but i'm focused on turbine engine management.

[@devinramlakhan6580]

Also, yessssss! Make it automatic!

[@masonpropst9580]

If you want to go realistic you need to add a synchro mesh / alignment system it's what they have in most manuals in real life