timing gear

British  

noun

1. (in an internal-combustion engine) the drive between the crankshaft and the camshaft, usually giving a ratio of 2 : 1

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Example Sentences

He rested his hand on a rack of piston ring installers and timing gear pullers, and this man who lost so much of his family to hurricanes started talking about the parts of them.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2018

At one base the rotor and timing gear on a tractor used for loading heavy bombers were stolen.

From Time Magazine Archive

I unscrewed a small plug from the timing gear cover, stuck a screwdriver through the hole and jumped the sprockets back into proper timing.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

Zircon expressed amazement at the top of his voice that no timing gear was available.

From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

A worn timing gear not only produces noise, but it will cause the time of opening and closing of the engine valves to vary materially.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred