Replacement Parts

The car tyres go round and round We all know that without the tyres on a car, you can’t go nowhere. You may say that a car tyres is made up of rubber, which is correct but there are also other materials that are involved. An inner liner, made up of air tight rubber, which is used on most modern cars. A sidewall, which is the outward facing parts of car tyres. The tread, this is simple, this thread comes in contact with the road. It has to provide a strong grip and stability when cornering. This tread on the… Read More

An oil sump is not just a metal tray The oil sump contains the engine oil required for lubrication. The oil is extracted from it by an oil pump and conveyed into the engine block’s oil ducts via the oil filter. The oil then flows back into the oil sump from the lubrication points. The sump is generally bolted on at the lowest point of the engine, below the crank mechanism on the crankcase. It features an oil drain plug, the opening of which in the sump allows the oil to drain out when changed. However, the oil sump is not merely… Read More

Mechanics of a bonnet The bonnet of your vehicle covers the engine and is kept down by a latch. The car bonnet can be opened by a latch on the interior of the vehicle, right below the steering wheel. Once the latch is pulled, the hood pops up slightly. Once the bonnet pops up, you can further open the hood from a secondary switch located underneath the front of the hood. This safety feature is designed just in case the hood accidentally releases while you are driving down the road. Obviously, driving with it open can be a very dangerous.… Read More

Importance of a steering rack The steering rack converts the rotation of the steering wheel into a swivelling movement of the road wheels in such a way that the steering-wheel rim turns a long way to move the road wheels a short way. The steering rack passes the wheels through a system and this system allows the wheels to move up and down. They also ensure that when cornering, the inner front wheel – which has to travel round a tighter curve than the outer one – becomes more sharply angled. The joints must be adjusted very precisely, and even a little… Read More

Windshield wipers, Gods miracle The fi­rst windshield wipers were operated manually by moving a lever inside the car back an­d forth. Today, most of us take our electric windshield wipers for granted. The windshield wipers faithfully keep the window clear, moving back and forth across the windshield countless times as they sweep the water away. On their highest speed, they move impressively fast, sometimes shaking the car from side to side. What kind of a mechanism can move the wiper arms so effectively and so reliably? Windshield wipers are found on car windshields, some car headlights, airplanes and even on the space shuttle. Amazing little hands… Read More