CVT System Description Park Mechanism (CVT)

CVT System Description - Park Mechanism

Park Mechanism

The park mechanism locks the transmission by engaging the park pawl with the park gear which is integral with the secondary drive gear. The secondary drive gear engages with the secondary driven gear which is splined to the final drive shaft, and the final drive gear integrated with the final drive shaft engages the final driven gear.

Shifting to P causes the park cone (installed at the end of the park rod) to press the park pawl onto the park gear. Even if the end of the park pawl rides on the top of the park gear teeth, slight movement of the vehicle will cause the park pawl and the park gear to mesh with each other completely because the park rod spring puts tension on the park cone. The park pawl receives the tension (which acts to separate the park pawl from the park gear) from the park pawl spring.