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Auto parts

Any component of an automobile.

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Transmission

Automotive; Auto parts

A gear system that provides speed and torque conversions from a rotating power source to another device using gear ratios.

Bodywork

Automotive; Auto parts

Bodywork (or coachwork) is the body of a motor vehicle (automobile, bus or truck), a horse-drawn coach or carriage (whence the term orginated), or, by extension, a railroad car or railway carriage. ...

long member

Automotive; Auto parts

larguero, parte del autobastidor

Suspension system

Automotive; Auto parts

A system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose — contributing to the car's roadholding/handling and braking for good ...

Torsion spring

Automotive; Auto parts

A torsion spring is a spring that works by torsion or twisting; that is, a flexible elastic object that stores mechanical energy when it is twisted. The amount of force (actually torque) it exerts is ...

Alternator

Automotive; Auto parts

An alternator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current.

Brake

Automotive; Auto parts

A brake is a mechanical device which inhibits motion. Its opposite component is a clutch.

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