WASHINGTON, DC— The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has shut down Florida-based trucking company, Ken’s Trucking after a federal inspection. The FMCSA declared the company an imminent hazard to public ...
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Japanese automaker Honda Motor's US-based subsidiary American Honda Motor is set to recall 1,038 units of its Fit vehicles in the US over a defect in the vehicles' front driveshaft. The recall, which is expected to start in mid-June 2014, ...
Hatches don’t come any hotter than the BMW M135i and the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG. Nor do rivalries come any fiercer. BMW has been building fast hatchbacks since the 130i of a decade ago, and its M division is esteemed in building ...
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South Korea-based automaker Hyundai Motor has partnered with Bisimoto Engineering to develop a new 1,000hp vehicle, Bisimoto 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe, for the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas. The new Genesis Coupe will be equipped with ...
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Automotive driveline components manufacturer GKN Driveline has broken ground on the expansion of its CVJ systems production plant in Chongqing, China. For this expansion, GKN Chongqing Driveshaft (GDC), a joint venture by GKN, Shanghai ...
US based automotive parts supplier Dana Holding has secured an order to supply Spicer Pro-40 tandem axles for the TMC Transportation's vehicles. The Spicer Pro-40, which belongs to heavy-duty 40,000lb tandem drive axle family, will be ...
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The drive train and engine layout significantly influences the handling characteristics of an automobile, and is crucially important in the design of a sports car. The front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout (FR) is common to sports cars of ...
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Mercedes-Benz performance division AMG has outlined a strategy to achieve 30,000 global sales by 2017, “especially through all-wheel drive [products]“. The plan, called ‘AMG Performance 50’ to commemorate the ...
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Dana and Eaton have said that the joint commercial vehicle marketing relationship between the two companies will end by the middle of 2012. Over the next six months, both the companies will prepare to sell, market and service customers ...
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Are You Damaging Your Gearbox when Changing Gear motor? Clutch Dog Gearboxes Outboard motors and most stern drive gearboxes (like Mercruiser's Alpha drives) use a Dog Clutch set up for selecting and shifting gear. If you select gear motor ...
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A machine consists of a power source and a power transmission system, which provides controlled application of the power. Merriam-Webster defines transmission as: An assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller ...
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In addition to hand-held circular saws (see below), different saws that use circular saw blades include: Miter saws (or Chop saw or Cut-off saw) Radial arm saws Saw mills Table saws Panel saws Biscuit joiners Pendulum saw Brushcutter Cold ...
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Gear pumps Gear pumps (with external teeth) (fixed displacement) are simple and economical pumps. The swept volume or displacement of gear pumps for hydraulics will be between about 1 cm3 (0.001 litre) and 200 cm3 (0.2 litre). These pumps ...
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