Mayina onse a nkhomaliro zomwe zimaphatikizidwa ndi zojambula zotumizira zagalimoto- "giya ndodo," "Gearshift," kapena "kusiyanasiyana" kwa mawu awa. Dzina lake lovomerezeka ndikumasulira lever. Muokha bokosi la Gearbority, wofanana wofanana ndi "Gear Conver," pomwe wosuntha womasulira buku la buku limadziwika kuti "ndodo."
Malo omwe amapezeka pafupipafupi ndi mipando yakutsogolo yagalimoto, ngakhale pakatikati pa malo ophatikizira, kolowera, kapena mwachindunji pansi. Chifukwa cha mfundo yosinthira, yolirayo mumayendedwe omasulira okha magalimoto amagwira ntchito ngati osankhidwa ndi magulu atsopano, sikofunikira kuti akhale ndi kulumikizana. Ilinso ndi mwayi wololeza mpando wathunthu wa Benchi. Pamapeto pake chayamba kutchuka, koma zimatha kupezeka pamagalimoto ambiri, ma vans, ndi magalimoto adzidzidzi mu kumsika waku North America.
M'magalimoto ena amakono azamasewera, lever wasinthidwa kwathunthu ndi "mapiritsi," omwe amakhala awiri omwe ali ndi zotupa, nthawi zambiri amagwirira ntchito ma enclebical (m'malo mwake), ndi cholumikizira magiya ndi china pansi. Musanakhale ndi chizolowezi chokhazikitsa "padedles" pa (kuchotsedwa) yayokha, formula magalimoto omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kubisa ma gear ndodo yomwe imayambitsa mphuno.