stub axle

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stub axle

n
(Automotive Engineering) a short axle that carries one of the front steered wheels of a motor vehicle and is capable of limited angular movement about a kingpin
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stub axle

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figure By ABDUL SIDI Drama unfolded on the second day of the Mini Classic Rally as Tapio Laukannen was forced to drop from the leader board after his Porsche 911 suffered a broken stub axle going into the opening stage of the Day Two action.The incident let Baldev Chager take over the lead in his Porsche 911.
Utting and Stokoe also top the Group N standings, for less modified cars, ahead of Treorchy driver Kalvin Green who was forced to retire his Ford Fiesta with a broken stub axle. Phil Spilsted, who was teamed up with Ron Hall in an Impreza, lies second in the Group N co-driver standings.
A good example of a component produced by direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) is a steering stub axle (Figure 3) developed by the Rennteam Uni Stuttgart, an independent club that takes part in the Formula Student race series across Europe.
The lower end of the sear arm has a short stub axle which fits into a recess in the trigger so it easily falls out when the trigger comes out of the gun.
Mechanical problems dogged them in the latest event, the Carlisle Stages, and a sheared rear stub axle forced retirement on stage one.
"Our kart had a collapsed left front stub axle and the official Isle of Man team were closing in on us every corner.
A stub axle sheared off as the stalls were being shunted off the track after the second race.
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