How to Use crankshaft in a Sentence
crankshaft
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The crankshaft whipping through the oil in the oil pan causes oil to foam.
—Paul Weissler, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
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Add a clutch to the engine crankshaft using set screws in the clutch hub.
—Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2015
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To quell bad vibes, a balance shaft is mounted just above the crankshaft in the M640.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 23 Feb. 2022
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In 2001, the IRL tried to improve the sound with tweaks, including a new crankshaft.
—Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
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Every crankshaft has a pulley, which is held on by a bolt on the front of the engine.
—Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 28 July 2019
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But a bicycle makes no noise apart from the whir of its crankshaft and the chu-chunk of its derailleurs.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2022
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Foam inhibitors: The crankshaft whipping through the oil in the pan causes foaming.
—Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
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The dashboard also features a plaque made from the powder of the ground-up crankshaft from the race-winning GT.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2022
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Pistons bop up and down, connecting rods sway their hips, and the crankshaft spins around.
—Jared Gall, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2020
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How about a crankshaft that weighs 3400 pounds—as much as an entire Olds Cutlass?
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2023
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The pistons moving up and down rotate the crankshaft, which (with a few more connections) turns the wheels.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
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Hanging above the bar, looking for all the world like modern art, are a couple of crankshafts, a nod to the brewery's flagship beer, Krankshaft kolsch.
—Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, 25 Jan. 2018
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These include revisions to the valve guides as well as the crankshaft and piston main bearings.
—Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2021
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If the oil is too thick, the engine requires more energy to turn the crankshaft, which is partly submerged in a bath of oil.
—Paul Weissler, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
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Connecting rods and pistons are forged, and both crankshaft and camshaft are made from billet steel.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
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In cars and motorcycles the engine is, well, the engine: crankshaft, pistons, valves, spark plugs, and so on.
—Michael Clerizo, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2017
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Each cylinder in a four-stroke engine fires once for every two rotations of the crankshaft.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2017
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To handle the output and 8,250-rpm redline, the crankshaft, pistons and connecting rods are forged.
—Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2020
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Also, if the oil is too thick the engine requires more energy to turn the crankshaft, which is partly submerged in a bath of oil.
—Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
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Also, if the oil is too thick, the engine requires more energy to turn the crankshaft, which is partly submerged in a bath of oil.
—Paul Weissler, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2019
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The distributor, fan, valve train, alternator, and oil pumps are driven from the rear of the crankshaft.
—Car and Driver, 27 Jan. 2023
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Instead, eTorque's point of connection is at the engine's crankshaft.
—Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2018
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As a result, there's less charge heating on the induction side, less restriction on the exhaust side, and more power out the crankshaft.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023
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Without getting too deep in the weeds, a flat-plane crankshaft reduces engine weight and improves airflow.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2021
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The pistons are attached to a connecting rod, which is connected to the crankshaft, which turns the engine and the propellor on your outboard.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 16 Aug. 2023
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But the engine seems tuned for mid-range grunt, and the crankshaft is heavier than the one on the 450R motocross bike, trading some zing-zing throttle response for stall resistance out on the trail.
—Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2019
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But the shortest route is to minimize the duration of the start/stop event itself, so that the engine fires within the first rotation of the engine crankshaft.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
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In addition, the camshaft and crankshaft pulleys, fuel injectors and coil packs prove that this was in fact a working power plant at one point.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2023
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Its new aluminum block extends well below the crankshaft centerline and uses six bolts (four from the bottom and one from each side) to retain each main-bearing cap.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
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Areas of refinement include pistons, springs, motorsport bearings, and a crankshaft balanced to only half a gram (that’s F1-level precision).
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
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