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A steering linkage is the part of an automotive steering system that connects to the front wheels.
The steering linkage which connects the steering gearbox to the front wheels consists of a number of rods. These rods are connected with a socket arrangement similar to a ball joint, called a tie rod end, allowing the linkage to move back and forth freely so that the steering effort will not interfere with the vehicles up-and-down motion as the wheel moves over roads . The steering gears are attached to a rear rod which moves when the steering wheel is turned. The rear rod is supported at one end.
Ackerman Steering Linkage.gif, Ackermann steering
Bell-Crank Steering Linkage.gif, Bell-crank steering
Rack-And-Pinion Steering Linkage.gif, Rack-and-pinion steering
Short rack steering.gif, Short rack-and-pinion steering
Movement of a steering linkage
Automotive steering technologies Linkages (mechanical)
A steering linkage is the part of an automotive steering system that connects to the front wheels.
The steering linkage which connects the steering gearbox to the front wheels consists of a number of rods. These rods are connected with a socket arrangement similar to a ball joint, called a tie rod end, allowing the linkage to move back and forth freely so that the steering effort will not interfere with the vehicles up-and-down motion as the wheel moves over roads . The steering gears are attached to a rear rod which moves when the steering wheel is turned. The rear rod is supported at one end.
Technology
Most modern cars have a full mechanical steering linkage system, but a recent innovation is thesteer by wire
Drive by wire, DbW, by-wire, steer-by-wire, fly-by-wire or x-by-wire technology in the automotive or aviation industry is the use of electrical or electro-mechanical systems for performing vehicle functions traditionally achieved by mechanical lin ...
system.
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See also
*Bump steer
Bump steer is the term for the tendency of the wheel of a car to steer itself as it moves through the suspension stroke.
Bump steer causes a vehicle to turn itself when one wheel hits a bump or falls down into a hole or rut. Excessive bump steer ...
* Parallelogram steering linkage
A parallelogram steering linkage is called such because like its name sake the two sides of the linkage run parallel to each other and are equal in distance. This type of steering linkage uses four tie rods, one inner and one outer on each side (l ...
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Movement of a steering linkage
Automotive steering technologies Linkages (mechanical)