I suspect the impetus here is/was (as is so often the case) economic -- the
friction clutch design is probably much cheaper to build than the pawl-and-gear
design of earlier models. And as far as "fixing what ain't broke", I believe a
web search will reveal that Olympus holds the patent. ;^)
Clemente Colayco wrote:
> So if I understand right, the shorter throw ( as we see in manual gearboxes
> on serious sports cars) tends to sacrifice smoothness..just wondering, did
> Oly really have to monkey around with this parts ? As the saying goes, if it
> ain't broken dont fix it?
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