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Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.

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Water pump

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As an important component of the auto engine cooling system, water pumps push the coolant through the engine and then out into the radiator to keep the engine from overheating.

planet gear

Automotive; Auto parts

Intermediate gear of a differential, there are at least 2 planet gears on the planet carrier or spider that is powered by the engine through the ring gear. The planet gears mesh ...

bodywork

Automotive; Auto parts

Bodywork (or coachwork) is the body of a motor vehicle (automobile, bus or truck), a horse-drawn coach or carriage (whence the term orginated), or, by extension, a railroad car or ...

A-Arm

Automotive; Auto parts

A triangle-shaped suspension control-arm device, with two points connected to the chassis and one to the wheel spindle. Control arms are sometimes called A-arms because from the ...

A-Cam

Automotive; Auto parts

Pattern used for grinding pistons in an oval- or cam-shape with 0.005 inch (0.127mm) difference between the thrust face and the pinhole side.

A-Pillar

Automotive; Auto parts

The structural support on either side of the windshield, just ahead of the front doors.

A-Shim

Automotive; Auto parts

A valve spring-adjuster insert with a thickness of 0.060 inch (1.524mm) used to balance spring pressure and to correct installed height.