track rod


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track rod

n
(Automotive Engineering) the rod connecting the two front wheels of a motor vehicle ensuring that they turn at the same angle
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Lite Concentrator[R] Attachment: warms and releases all types of mechanical parts in a few seconds such as bolts, screws, shock absorbers, track rod ends, etc.
This mechanism basically consists of two relay levers, one track rod, two tie rods and two steering arms as seen in Fig.
"We've since spent a fortune on repairs, including front suspension, wheel bearings, track rod ends, four new tyres and a replacement battery.
"The main things they damage are the anti-roll bar links, coil springs, ball joints, track rod ends and suspension bushes.
From there, the over-eager attentions of a competitor that left his Coles Racing mount with a bent track rod in the pre-final - allied to a persistent engine misfire in the grand final - saw Singleton take the chequered flag an unrepresentative 16th and 15th, but even if he did not leave Sweden with the results his pace merited, James was nonetheless able to carry his momentum on to the last round of the campaign at Salbris in France.
Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen completed only 36 laps, with his best a 1:26.035 for the ninth quickest time, due to a rear track rod failure.
What about the old but not so faithful track rod end - that's normally a good one - and I've been through a few of those in my time.
One of the centres, in south-west London, also failed to detect a problem with the car's track rod end ball joint.
Another missed a problem with the car's track rod end ball joint.