ASE Auto Maintenance and Light Repair
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Protective rubber cover with accordion pleats used to contain lubricants exclude contaminating dirt, water grime, located at each end of the rack pinion assembly and also used on CV joints.
Gear that are mashed with the differential side gears and rotate on the differential pinion shaft inside the differential case.
The method of providing traction to any of the wheels of a vehicle, as conditions require. Depending on the system, it may be full-time or part-time.
A bright color per design that uses an adapter, or anchor plate, which is bolted to the spindle. The caliper floats laterally across a pair of special bolts that are screwed into the adapter. As hydraulic pressure is applied to the piston, the in board pad is forced against the rotor. This pressure causes the caliper to move inboard until an equal pressure is applied by the outside pad to the outer disk surface.