Gearbox is a device that changes the speed and torque between an engine and driving wheels. It has several purposes, including allowing the engine to disconnect from driving wheels, connecting the engine and wheels smoothly without shock, and providing leverage to vary the relationship between engine and wheel speeds. There are several types of gearboxes, including manual transmissions, automatic transmissions, and epicyclical gearboxes. A sliding mesh gearbox is the simplest type - it uses spur gears and has gears on a main shaft that can slide to engage with gears on a lay shaft, changing gears. In neutral, with the engine running and clutch engaged, gears on the transmission shaft do not rotate and no motion is transmitted to the output shaft,