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Bendix type starter drive — A self engaging starter drive gear, the gear moves into engagement when the starter starts spinning and automatically disengages when the starter stops. Also called inertia drive … Dictionary of automotive terms
overrunning clutch starter drive — A starter drive that is mechanically engaged. When the engine starts, the overrunning clutch operates until the drive is mechanically disengaged. Also see freewheeling … Dictionary of automotive terms
clutch starter drive — See overrunning clutch starter drive … Dictionary of automotive terms
drive — [1] to travel in a car as in the expression, We drove to Chicago. [2] to operate a vehicle as in the expression, Martha drove to New York by herself. [3] to cause a wheel, shaft, etc. to turn or rotate. [4] to propel a vehicle. [5] a journey in a … Dictionary of automotive terms
starter — [1] A small electrical motor that causes the engine crankshaft to begin to turn, which starts the engine running and so starts the vehicle. Invented in 1911 by Cadillac engineers, the manual crank starter was replaced by an electric motor and… … Dictionary of automotive terms
starter ring gear — A gear fitted around the flywheel that is engaged by teeth on the starter drive to crank the engine … Dictionary of automotive terms
Starter solenoid — A starter solenoid (or starter relay) is the part of an automobile which relays a large electric current to the starter motor, which in turn sets the engine in motion.OperationThe starter solenoid receives a large electric current from the car… … Wikipedia
starter — /stahr teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that starts. 2. a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race, the running of a train, bus, elevator, etc. 3. a device that starts an internal combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand. 4 … Universalium
Automobile self starter — An automobile self starter (commonly starter motor or simply starter ) is an electric motor that initiates rotational motion in a car s internal combustion engine before it can power itself. History Both Otto cycle and Diesel cycle internal… … Wikipedia
clutch starter — See overrunning clutch starter overrunning clutch starter drive … Dictionary of automotive terms
