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A typical ball joint with cutaway view (right) An inner tie rod end cut open to expose the ball joint. In an automobile, ball joints are spherical bearings that connect the control arms to the steering knuckles, and are used on virtually every automobile made. [1] They bionically resemble the ball-and-socket joints found in most tetrapod ...
English: Front right wheel of a Mercedes Vito utility van. The unusual angle is due to a ball joint failure - probably resulting from hitting a kerb too hard. The ball joint (dark protrusion at the outer tip of the lower control arm, by the tire sidewall) is no longer attached to the knuckle.
Other problems may be implicated in the case of older vehicles equipped with carburetors. Weak, disconnected, or mis-connected throttle return springs, worn shot-pump barrels, chafed bowden cable housings, and cables which jump their tracks in the throttle-body crank can all cause similar acceleration problems.
An emergency repair forced crews to act earlier than planned, including closings traffic lanes during the morning rush hour, transportation officials said Wednesday.
The torque tube surrounded the true driveshaft and exerted the force to its ball joint at the extreme rear of the transmission, which was attached to the engine. A similar method like this was used in the late 1930s by Buick and by Hudson 's bathtub car in 1948, which used helical springs that could not take fore-and-aft thrust.
A knuckle joint on a locomotive, seen behind the pin joint of the eccentric crank. Ball-point pen included for size. A mechanical joint is a section of a machine which is used to connect one or more mechanical parts to another. Mechanical joints may be temporary or permanent; most types are designed to be disassembled.
Spherical suspension joints on the Carrera GT are susceptible to excessive corrosion which could lead to cracking and failure. Porsche is taking responsibility.
The De la Concorde overpass collapse occurred at a bridge over Quebec Autoroute 19 in Laval, Quebec, Canada, at midday on September 30, 2006.On that Saturday, around 12:30 pm, the centre section of the south lane of an overpass (65-foot or 19.8-metre section of a three-lane overpass) [1] collapsed in Laval, a suburb of Montreal, on Boulevard de la Concorde running over Autoroute 19.