Mabitso ohle a tšepe ea tšepe e khomaretsoeng koloing - "gear stick," "gear lever," "gearshift," kapa "shifter" -ke mefuta e fapaneng ea lipoleloana tsena. Lebitso la eona la semmuso ke transmission lever. Ka lebokoseng la gear le itšebetsang, leqhubu le ka bapisoang le tsejoa e le "gear selectctor," athe shift lever e tsamaisoang ka letsoho e tsejoa e le "gear stick."
Sebaka se atisang ho sebelisoa bakeng sa thupa ea gear ke pakeng tsa litulo tse ka pele tsa koloi, ebang ke bohareng ba console, kotopo ea phetisetso, kapa ka ho toba fatše. Ka lebaka la molao-motheo oa phetoho-ka-terata, lever ea likoloi tsa phetisetso ea othomathiki e sebetsa joalo ka khetho ea li-gear, 'me ka likoloi tse ncha, ha e hloke ho ba le khokahano e fetohang. E boetse e na le monyetla oa ho lumella setulo se ka pele sa benche se bophara bo felletseng. Ka mor'a moo ha e sa tloaeleha, empa e ntse e ka fumaneha literakeng tse ngata, liveni le likoloing tsa tšohanyetso 'marakeng oa Amerika Leboea.
Likoloing tse ling tsa lipapali tsa morao-rao, "gear lever" e nkeloe sebaka ka ho feletseng ke "paddles," e leng liphaephe tse behiloeng ka mahlakoreng a mabeli a litšepe tsa tsamaiso, hangata li sebelisa li-switches tsa motlakase (ho e-na le ho hokahanya le lebokose la gear), le le leng. ho eketsa dikere hodimo le tse ding fatshe. Pele ho ts'ebetso ea hona joale ea ho kenya "paddles" holim'a lebili la setere (le tlositsoeng) ka boeona, likoloi tsa Formula One li ne li pata thupa ka mor'a lebili la setereng ka har'a 'mele oa nko.