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  2. Spoke wrench - Wikipedia

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    A spoke wrench that fits three common nipple sizes. A spoke wrench or spoke key is a small wrench or tool used to adjust the tension in the spokes of a tension-spoked wheel.A spoke wrench is sometimes called a nipple wrench, as it is the spoke nipple – not the spoke – that is turned in the process of changing the tension of a spoke.

  3. Wheel sizing - Wikipedia

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    Wheels with Asanti 28 in (710 mm) rims on a police Hummer H2 car. The wheel size is the size designation of a wheel given by its diameter, width, and offset. The diameter of the wheel is the diameter of the cylindrical surface on which the tire bead rides. The width is the inside distance between the bead seat faces.

  4. Checkpoint Systems - Wikipedia

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    Checkpoint Systems is an American company that specializes in loss prevention and merchandise visibility for retail companies. It makes products that allow retailers to check inventory , quicken the replenishment cycle, prevent out-of-stocks and reduce theft .

  5. Tire code - Wikipedia

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    There is the rare exception of metric-diameter tires, such as the use of the 390 size, which in this case would indicate a rim of 390 mm in diameter. Few tires are made to this size currently. The number may be longer where a half-inch size is used, for example many heavy transport trucks now use 22.5-inch tires. [7] [8]

  6. Downsize (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    For the 1979 model year, the success found by GM and the upcoming introduction of smaller full-size cars by Ford necessitated a response from Chrysler. Unable to commit resources to downsize its full-size C-platform chassis (redesigned in 1974), Chrysler was relegated to introducing the R-body vehicles, matching Ford and GM in exterior footprint.

  7. Checkpoint - Wikipedia

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    Checkpoint Systems, a provider of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry; Checkpoint (rapid HIV testing facility), a former HIV testing facility based in Amsterdam; Check Point, a software company that is best known for its firewall and VPN products; Checkpoint, a tax and accounting database produced by Thomson Reuters

  8. Random checkpoint - Wikipedia

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    Justice Brennan's dissenting opinion argued that the police had failed to show that the checkpoint seizures were a necessary tool and worth the intrusion on individual privacy. "That stopping every car might make it easier to prevent drunken driving...is an insufficient justification for abandoning the requirement of individualized suspicion ...

  9. Chassis dynamometer - Wikipedia

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    A chassis dynamometer, informally referred to as a rolling road [1] or a dyno, is a mechanical device that uses one or more fixed roller assemblies to simulate different road conditions within a controlled environment, and is used for a wide variety of vehicle testing and development purposes.