Rack and Pinion Steering System

Steering System Rack and Pinion - On the previous occasion I have shared about the function of steering system and its components in the article Steering System (Steering System) Steering system role to regulate the direction of the vehicle by turning the wheel. On Vehicles. There are two types of steering systems are the most widely used, namely the type of recirculating ball and rack and pinion type. The use of steering system recirculatin ball type is widely used in commercial / heavy cars such as buses, pick ups, trucks etc. fungsi sistem kemudi While the type of rack and pinion are found in light cars such as passenger cars.

Components of rack and pinion steering

The picture above is the construction and components of the rack and pinion steering system, which consists of:

- Steering wheel

- Steering shaft (steering shaft)

- Steering shaft

- Cross-linking

- Transfer shaft

- Rubber dust cover (boot)

- Ball joint tie rod

- Knuckle arm

- Pinion gear

- Tooth rack

- Tie rod

How to work rack and pinion rudder

When the steering wheel is rotated by the driver, the steering shaft will rotate so that the pinion will also spin. The rotation on the pinion will make the rack move sideways (either to the right or to the left) which further sideways move to the tie rod then to the knuckle arml on the front wheels so that one side of the wheel will be pushed, and the other will be interested this causes the wheels to turn or turn in the same direction.

Advantages of rack and pinion steering

Here are the advantages of the rack and pinion steering system when compared to the recircuating ball type:

Judging from the construction of this type of steering is lighter and simpler

This type of steering wheel between the pinion and rack teeth directly

The next advantage is the relocation of relatively better moments (not many connections), so it is lighter.

Rack and pinion rudder loss

In addition to having advantages, this type of steering also has losses and the following are the disadvantages:

Because the construction of the gears is smaller, the steering system of this type is only suitable for use on small or medium passenger cars.

Faster wear out due to rack shape straight teeth

Above is the rack and pinion steering wheel that still not using power steering, next time I will share about this power steering.