steering lever

  • 1steering — A mechanism for controlling the direction of a vehicle. See absorbing steering ackermann steering adjustable steering all wheel steering assisted steering axle and steering ball and nut steering ball steering …

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  • 2Steering — 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 …

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  • 3Irreversible steering gear — Ir re*vers i*ble steering gear (Mach.) A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 4spark lever — noun (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition • Topics: ↑car, ↑auto, ↑automobile, ↑machine, ↑motorcar • Hypernyms: ↑lever * * * noun …

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  • 5cam-and-lever steering — A steering system in which a conical peg mounted on a lever engages in a helically cut groove on a cylindrical drum. Also called cam and peg steering …

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  • 6worm-and-lever steering — See cam and lever steering …

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  • 7shift lever — [1] A device which is attached to the side of a steering column or to the center console which will allow the operator to change the gears of the transmission. Also called gear lever. Also see left hand gear lever. [2] A lever inside an automatic …

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  • 8linkage power steering — A linkage type, power assisted steering system in which a conventional manual system is assisted by hydraulic or pneumatic effort applied directly to a steering linkage such as a relay lever or track rod …

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  • 9perpetual lever — Wheel Wheel (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe[ o]l, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr. ky klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. [root]218. Cf. {Cycle}, {Cyclopedia}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A circular… …

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  • 10gear lever — A device which is attached to the side of a steering column or to the center console which will allow the operator to change the gears of the transmission. Also called shift lever. Also see left hand gear lever …

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