to crank gear 92 by being slip fitted over pin 136 at one end and being secured to second linkage 96 by means of another pin 137 at its other end second linkage 96 in turn includes one end 138 that is rotatably mounted about a fixed pivot axis defined by pin 140 and another end 143 which is pivotally interconnected by a pin 145 with a first end 147 of third drive linkage 98 as best shown in fig3 first drive linkage 94 is interconnected by pin 137 to second drive linkage 96 intermediate first and second ends 138 143 of second drive linkage 96 a second end 149 of third drive linkage 98 is pivotally interconnected with drive lever 100 by a pin 150 drive lever 100 in turn is pinned at 154 to output drive shaft 41 as previously stated transmission housing 77 is fixedly secured to transmission housing sleeve member 47 which in turn is fixedly secured to basket hub 45 reference will now be made to fig2 a and 6 b in explaining the operation of drive assembly 22 during agitation portions of a cycle of operation of automatic washing machine 2 with initial reference to fig2 input drive shaft 35 has mounted thereon a lower cam 163 lower cam 163 cooperates with a hub portion 166 of second pulley 32 in order to transmit driving rotation from second pulley 32 to input drive shaft 35 through lower cam 163 lower cam 163 defines a lower portion 168 and a higher portion 170 hub portion 166 of second pulley 32 is actually rotatable relative to input drive shaft 35 and lower cam 163 by approximately 160 u00b0 lower portion 168 and higher portion 170 of lower cam 163 are ramped.