crankshaft

• “Keyed on to the crankshaft is a flanged pulley 10 in. in diameter by 3¼ in. between flanges.”

  Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891

• “The crankshaft was the most highly stressed part of the entire”

  The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel

• “The crankshaft was a nickel chrome steel forging, machined hollow, with four crank pins set at 180 degrees to each other, and carried in three bearings lined with anti-friction metal.”

  A History of Aeronautics

• “Attached to the crankshaft is a set of titanium connecting rods and forged aluminum pistons, which, when combined with the cylinder heads, delivers a 9.1: 1 compression ratio.”

  Top Speed

• “Mladin's team contended that the crankshaft was a production crankshaft and the same as the crankshaft AMA Pro Racing inspected when Mladin finished second at Auto Club Speedway earlier this season.”

  Roadracingworld.com

• “D95R, badly damaged, needed a new oil pump and crankshaft.”

  Wild Ride

• “We ended up blowing our crankshaft in the engine...”

  The Huffington Post: Steven Crandell: "We're Destroying the Most Amazing Thing in Our Lives" -- Interview With Polar Photographer Paul Nicklen

• “Eventually the plane came back to life and he and his co-pilot were able to land it on pontoons, but then they had to wait a month on the rapidly deteriorating summer ice for a new crankshaft.”

  The Huffington Post: Steven Crandell: "We're Destroying the Most Amazing Thing in Our Lives" -- Interview With Polar Photographer Paul Nicklen

• “With each stroke of his crankshaft, my carburettor purred.”

  Fictionaut: Regret

• “The rotary engine was an early type of internal-combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration, in which the crankshaft remained stationary and the entire cylinder block rotated around it.”

  Crazy, but works!!! | My[confined]Space

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