- Industry: Automotive
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Balance shafts are small, weighted shafts - similar to a camshaft - inside the engine block. Two balance shafts rotate in opposite directions from each other at twice the crankshaft speed to help "cancel out" engine vibration. Balance shafts are most common to 4-cylinder engines to help reduce noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) inherent in this engine design.
Industry:Automotive
A flexible joint consisting of a ball in a socket. It is used primarily in the front suspension because of its wide range of motion.
Industry:Automotive
An electrochemical device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. Typical automotive batteries supply the source of power for cranking the engine and also the electrical energy for the ignition system.
Industry:Automotive
The line that runs along the bottom edge of the vehicle's glass area and contributes to the vehicle's styling and visual appeal.
Industry:Automotive
A type of vehicle construction in which the body structure is attached to a separate frame. (Toyota 4Runner is an example of a vehicle that uses this type of construction.)
Industry:Automotive
Bore is the measurement of the diameter of each cylinder, and stroke is the distance the piston travels one-way within the cylinder. By first determining the area of the cylinder and then multiplying that by the stroke, you can obtain the displacement for each cylinder. Multiply that by the number of cylinders for the total engine displacement (engine size).
Industry:Automotive
The disc brake component that straddles the rotor and houses the piston(s), cylinder(s) and brake pads. The piston movement pushes the pad against the rotor to slow or stop the vehicle.
Industry:Automotive
This feature is the interface between a tow vehicle and electric trailer brakes. It can be inertia-activated or based on time delay from activation of vehicle brakes. Typically located in the tow vehicles driving compartment with an electrical line running to the trailer wiring connector. Most require the user to adjust brake gain to compensate for varying trailer load. A brake controller is necessary when using electric trailer brakes.
Industry:Automotive
This refers to a reduction of braking effectiveness caused by brake overheating. It can occur during excessively long and hard brake applications, and can be reduced with ventilated disc brakes.
Industry:Automotive
Also known as "tag-alongs," these trailers are pulled from a hitch mounted under the rear of a truck (or car) and have a "tongue" sticking out the front of the box area of the trailer.
Industry:Automotive
