MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TERMS:- 1.)COUNTERSHAFT– Intermediate shaft that receives motion from one shaft and transmits it to another. It may be fixed (gears turn on it) or it may be free to rotate. In the transmission countershaft is driven by the clutch gear, gears on the countershaft drive gears on the main shaft when the latter are shifted into gear. 2.)CROSS SHAFT (steering)– Shaft in steering box that engages steering shaft worm. Cross shaft is splined to pitman arm. 3.)CURB WEIGHT– The weight of the complete vehicle with its normal load, less driver and passengers but with a full tank of fuel, engine and vehicle oil and coolant. 4.)CUT OUT– operates as an automatic switch which connects and disconnects the battery with the generator, according to the speed of the latter. 5.)DAMPERS– are nothing but a piston in a cylinder filled with oil or gas. The damper restrains undesirable bounce of the sprung vehicle mass and restrains the wheel assembly from loosing ground contact by being excited at its natural frequency.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:30:00 +0000
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