1. Vehicle pulling to one side while driving/Alignment Problem – While driving, the wheels have to point in the proper direction because if they aren’t your vehicle’s steering won’t be in the centre, which means that you will lose the right direction, this, in turn, will increase your tyre wear. This alignment issue can be…
1. Control Arm: A movable lever that fastens the steering knuckle to the frame of the vehicle. 2. Control Arm Busing: This is a sleeve which allows the control arm to move up and down on the frame. 3. Strut Rod: Prevents the control arm from swinging forward and backwards. 4. Ball Joints: A joint that allows the control arm and steering knuckle…
1. There is a need of a flexible connection between the main frame and the wheels of the vehicle in dynamic condition that enables the relative motion between them without causing deformation to the main structure or any other components of the vehicle. 2. A suspension system in a vehicle is needed to support the overall…
Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose — contributing to the car’s road holding/handling and braking for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping vehicle occupants comfortable and reasonably well isolated from road noise, bumps,…
Gear teeth are designed so that the number of teeth on a gear is proportional to the radius of its pitch circle, and so that the pitch circles of meshing gears roll on each other without slipping. The speed ratio for a pair of meshing gears can be computed from ratio of the radii of the pitch…
A reverted gear train is very similar to a compound gear train. They are both used when there is only a small space between the input and output shafts and large changes in speed or power are needed. A simple reverted gear train consists of two shafts each of which carry multiple compound spur gears. A…
Like a compound gear train, planetary trains are used when a large change in speed or power is needed across a small distance. There are four different ways that a planetary train can be hooked up. A planetary gear train is a little more complex than other types of gear trains. In a planetary train…
Simple Gear Train- The simple gear train is used where there is a large distance to be covered between the input shaft and the output shaft. Each gear in a simple gear train is mounted on its own shaft. When examining simple gear trains, it is necessary to decide whether the output gear will turn…
A gear train is formed by mounting gears on a frame so that the teeth of the gears engage. Gear teeth are designed to ensure the pitch circles of engaging gears roll on each other without slipping; this provides a smooth transmission of rotation from one gear to the next. • A gear train is two or more…
First….What is torque? Torque is a twisting force- (it doesn’t do any ‘work’ itself- it is simple an application of energy). Work (or ‘stuff’) happens, when torque is applied and movement occurs. “Torque is a force that tends to rotate or turn things. You generate a torque any time you apply a force using a…