crankshaft
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A flaming ear of corn transforms into a crankshaft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Then, in January 2016, came the first "thermal incident" - a police car fire caused by the same crankshaft bearing issue that later affected PC Dumphreys' car.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
Another probe covers 289,000 Dodge Journey and Jeep Compass and Patriot small SUVs from 2016 due to 127 complaints about engine stalling due to crankshaft or camshaft sensor problems.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
If you didn’t know a carburetor from a crankshaft, you could never be sure you weren’t getting ripped off.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022
He said he wanted to show his appreciation for plugging the leak in the boiler & replacing the broken crankshaft.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Around the time of the boil-water advisories, workers at a General Motors plant in Flint noticed rust forming on engine crankshafts and blocks.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2018
On Aug. 9 it passed through the Suez Canal, and a week later it arrived in Rotterdam, its containers full of televisions and action figures, DVD players and crankshafts, chairs, tables, shirts, and shoes.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 5, 2013
“But you really need to do some more things to the engine — forged rods, steel crankshafts and so forth -– to ensure durability,” Mr. Reinert said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2010
All their moving parts, and most of their other parts, will be new: pistons, rods, cylinder heads, crankshafts, valves, rings, water pumps, oil filters, distributors.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the most important difficulties encountered in connection with the production of Liberty crankshafts was hair-line seams.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)
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