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  2. Overhead valve engine - Wikipedia

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    Smaller overall packaging: The cam-in-block design of an OHV engine results in a smaller overall size, compared with an equivalent OHC engine, which can have some advantages in center of gravity and hood height in V-engine designs. [16] Simpler camshaft drive system: OHV engines have a less complex drive system for the camshaft than OHC engines ...

  3. Desmodromic valve - Wikipedia

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    A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine poppet valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system, rather than by a more conventional spring. The valves in a typical four-stroke engine allow the air/fuel mixture into the cylinder at the beginning of the cycle and exhaust spent gases at the end of the cycle.

  4. Pull-rod suspension - Wikipedia

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    As such, push-rod suspension systems allow for much greater high-speed stability, much lower levels of body-roll, and a much lower centre of gravity for the vehicle. [7] For pull-rod suspension systems, the only difference is the orientation of the rocker arms. In a push-rod system, the rocker arms are placed at the highest point in the assembly.

  5. Push-rod - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 1 April 2015, at 17:06 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  6. Rocker arm - Wikipedia

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    However, these generally have the roller at the point where the cam lobe contacts the rocker, rather than where the rocker contacts the valve stem. Some OHC engines employ short rocker arms, also known as finger followers, [2] in which the cam lobe pushes downward on the back of the rocker arm to open the valve. In such a configuration one end ...

  7. Parking pawl - Wikipedia

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    The main components of a parking pawl mechanism are the parking gear, parking pawl, actuator rod, cam collar, cam plate, pivot pin, and parking pawl return spring. The mechanism assembly is designed so that the parking pawl tooth collides and overrides the parking gear teeth (ratchets) until a safe engagement speed for the vehicle is reached.

  8. Valvetrain - Wikipedia

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    Pushrods are long, slender metal rods that are used in overhead valve engines to transfer motion from the camshaft (located in the engine block) to the valves (located in the cylinder head). The bottom end of a pushrod is mated to a lifter , upon which the camshaft makes contact.

  9. Cam (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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    Constant lead barrel cam in an American Pacemaker lathe. This cam is used to provide a repeatable cross slide setting when threading with a single-point tool. A cylindrical cam, or barrel cam, is a cam in which the follower rides on the surface of a cylinder. In the most common type, the follower rides in a groove cut into the surface of a ...