Once you get the engine out and away from the vehicle, you’ll need to get it off the hoist. An engine stand allows the engine block to be affixed to it firmly and securely. Most stands offer the ability to rotate an engine block to any position so you can easily work on all sides...
Personally I prefer to have the same threads on all my motors, so I don’t confuse myself with the different prop nuts. If you have to replace a prop nut at the hardware store, it can be a real headache trying to find a CCW threaded nuts (or more commonly in the hardware jargon, ...
Shaking in a rocking chair can be very relaxing but having the same experience when you are driving a car or even is alarming. A vibrating vehicle is not good news. However, the truth is even your newly purchased auto can show these signs. There are many causes of this disturbing incident...
A motorcycle engine can create an enormous amount of power, which must be delivered to the wheels of the vehicle in a controllable way. The motorcycle transmission delivers power to the rear wheel through a series of structures that include the gearset, the clutch and the drive system. Ge...
The engine requires some time to warm up before it can produce useful power. The engine can not change its power output quickly. These shortcomings all but guarantee that it won't replace the internal-combustion engine in cars. However, a Stirling-engine-powered hybrid car might be feasible....
Nasser traded charges with Firestone officials in the media and before Congressional investigators, then ponied up $3.5 billion to replace some 6.5 million tires. But months of damning publicity clobbered Dearborn's image -- and its stock price. So did a string of recalls and launch glitches ...
Are you looking to invest in a new workbench for your workplace? Not all workbenches are made equal. While they all offer a stable surface on which to work, their features and design characteristics may vary. To get the best bang for your buck, you should consider the following when ...
Each servo has a pushrod attached to it going up to the swashplate to adjust cyclic and collective blade pitch. "Linear" by the way means the servo arm moves along a linear path (up & down) in this example. Most larger servos however are of the "rotary" type, meaning a rotary outpu...
The wheel barrel wheels had heavy-duty bearings and the hole for the axel was 5/8”. I didn’t have any 5/8” steel rod, but I did have two short pieces of thick wall pipe that were 5/8” and 12” long. The two pipes welded together was right length. To straighten the pipe ...
Roads are raised or crowned in the middle so rain water will run off to the outside for proper drainage. But the slight slope to the pavement can often make a vehicle drift to the outside. This can be countered by adding a littlepositive camberand/ornegative casterto theleft front wheel...