Crankshafts For Sale A crankshaft is the heart of any engine, big or small. Crankshafts are constructed from extremely strong steel alloys, heat-treated and tempered and then precision machined and balanced for each application. These heavy components are constructed for individual engine applications and often are very specific to the engine design. The best method for finding the right crankshaft for your application is to start by entering the search terms into the boxes at the top of this page. Encased in the engine block, spinning on precision main bearings and transferring the force from firing pistons to rotary motion, the crankshaft is a critical component. It is the way that power gets to the rear wheels via the transmission, and to the front of the engine to drive accessories such as air conditioning, power steering pumps, alternators and vacuum pumps. Crankshafts in older vehicles didn’t have the tolerances that are required today. The internal combustion engine of today spins far faster, for longer periods and uses much tighter tolerances. Earlier units only had to deal with the output from one or two cylinders, and low power levels. Today the crankshaft is expected to last thousands of hours, hundreds of thousands of miles, deal with high torque and horsepower levels and do all of that with little chance of replacement. Advances in metallurgy, bearing design, heat displacement and lubrication allow crankshafts to work as well as they do in today’s vehicles. Crankshafts are such a critical component that rebuilding them is not an option for the more usual applications. Replacement is the only viable and economical solution. Assembling a crankshaft requires precision machinery, heavy hydraulic presses, and knowledgeable technicians to do exacting assembly work. AutoProsUSA.com […]
Headlamp Assembly
Headlamp Assembly Thomas Hawk / Car Photos / CC BY-NC A very important part of the automobile is the lights. If you are driving on a dark country road at night, and the lights on the car goes out, you can not get to your destination, because you are unable to see to drive. The lights keep the driver safe, and also keep the other person on the road safe, by enabling each driver the ability to see the other person. If your car lights are not working their best, getting the lights back to the optimum working conditions can be done many times by getting a replacement headlamp assembly, to be able to see not only when it is dark, but rainy, cloudy and other weather conditions. If your automobile has had an accident and the lights have been damaged, obtaining a headlamp replacement can help get you back on the road and see where you need to go, safely. A headlamp assembly is also called the headlight assembly. It consists of the bulb for the car. The wire harness has also to be included. The socket for the bulb should be in place. There also is the reflector and the lens that is needed to complete the entire working headlamp assembly. If the headlamp assembly does not have the wire harness, socket and bulb, the part will not work. If the headlight assembly has the bulb, wire harness and socket, but do not have the lens or reflector, the light will work, but you will not be able to see as well. In order to have your automobile lights working at its best, you need to make sure you have all of the […]
Replacement Rack and Pinion Parts
Replacement Rack and Pinion Parts If driving the car has been feeling different than it usually does, this could be the location of the problem. Just use the search box above to get started. Rack and pinion steering works by converting rotational force into linear force. The steering wheel is attached to a shaft which goes down into the car to a gear (the pinion) which itself is used to move the rack. Think of a rack as a gear that’s been unwound and laid flat, or maybe a saw with very blunt teeth. When the steering wheel is turned, the pinion is also turned. Since the pinion’s teeth are lined up with the rack, that rotation causes the rack to shift from side to side. That shifting movement is then transferred to the wheels. The transfer is done by attaching the rack to the wheels. A tie-rod is at either of the rack, and this tie-rod is attached to a part of the wheel called the spindle. There are a number of different rack and pinion designs that a vehicle can have. The size of the teeth and gear involved will determine how far the steering wheel must be turned in order to get the wheels to rotate in a certain direction. Faster, more sporty cars usually have a lower gear ratio, which basically means the steering wheel does not have to be turned as far to get the wheels to rotate to a certain direction. In brief, a lower ratio means the steering is more responsive. There are also variable ratio systems, where the teeth of the rack are different at the ends than they are towards the center. The steering response changes […]
