Building a hot rod means working all the angles, and there are plenty of angles to work. One of the more important angles is the angle between your transmission output shaft (which is the same as the ...

Building a street rod means working all the angles, and there are plenty of angles to work. It seems everything is on an angle—the steering column, your control arms, straight axle caster, even the ...

A rack and pinion steering system consists of a pinion (a circular gear) with a rack (a linear gear). The system works by converting a revolving motion into linear motion. Most cars, small trucks, and ...

Linear motors and ball-screw drives seem to hog the limelight when it comes to linear motion. Rack-and-pinion drives, another type of linear motion device, get no respect. But they are perfectly ...