steering-gear worm

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• gear — [gir] n. [ME gere, prob. < ON gervi, preparation, ornament, akin to OE gearo, YARE] 1. a) Obs. the clothing and equipment of a soldier, knight, etc. b) clothing; apparel 2. movable property; esp., apparatus or equipment for some particular… …   English World dictionary

• gear — gearless, adj. /gear/, n. 1. Mach. a. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. b. an assembly of such… …   Universalium

• worm and roller — A type of steering gear using a worm gear on the steering shaft. A roller on one end of the cross shaft engages the worm …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• worm and taper pin — A type of steering gear using a worm gear on the steering shaft. The end of the cross shaft engages the worm via a taper pin …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• gear — Wheel like part with teeth cut into the rim. When one gear meshes with another gear, it causes the second gear to drive the other and in this way transmits power. When the gears are different sizes (different number of teeth on each gear) the… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• worm and sector — A type of steering gear using a worm gear engaging a sector (a portion of a gear) on the cross shaft …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Steering — For other uses, see Steering (disambiguation). Part of car steering mechanism: tie rod, steering arm, king pin axis (using ball joints). Steering is the term applied to the collection of components, linkages, etc. which will allow a vessel (ship …   Wikipedia

• Gear — For the gear like device used to drive a roller chain, see Sprocket. This article is about mechanical gears. For other uses, see Gear (disambiguation). Two meshing gears transmitting rotational motion. Note that the smaller gear is rotating… …   Wikipedia

• worm gear — A coarse, spiral shaped gear cut on a shaft. It is used to engage with and drive another gear or portion of a gear. As used in the steering gearbox, it often engages the cross shaft via a roller or by a tapered pin …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• steering ratio — The ratio of the gearing within a steering system such as the rack to the pinion or the worm gear to the recirculating nut …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• recirculating-ball-and-nut steering — A very popular type of steering gear. It uses a series of ball bearings that feed through and around and back through the grooves in the worm gear and nut on the steering shaft. The turning forces are transmitted through these ball bearing to a… …   Dictionary of automotive terms