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Definition of Crankcases
1. crankcase [n] - See also: crankcase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankcases
Literary usage of Crankcases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Motor Vehicle Engineering: Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1919)
"BEARINGS In crankcases the crankshaft bearings are formed in the case and caps
... In divided crankcases where the top half of the case is supported on the ..."
2. Motor Vehicle Engineering; Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks, and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1920)
"CHAPTER XII crankcases The structure which supports the cylinders, ... A few
years ago, aluminum alloy was almost universally used for crankcases. ..."
3. Oxy-acetylene Welding Practice by Robert Joseph Kehl (1920)
"... crankcases and Transmission Cases. It is usually necessary to remove the case
from the car. But, if the arm is broken some distance from the main case, ..."
4. Production Milling: A Treatise Dealing with the Methods Employed in by Edward K. Hammond (1921)
"7, are placed in the table of the machine at each end, so that the crankcases
may be dropped over these pins, after which they are held down by means of ..."
5. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"The welding of broken crankshafts and crankcases, such as central breaks, ...
crankcases Function of Crankcase. The lower part of the motor car, truck, ..."
6. Motor Vehicle Engineering: Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1919)
"BEARINGS In crankcases the crankshaft bearings are formed in the case and caps
... In divided crankcases where the top half of the case is supported on the ..."
7. Motor Vehicle Engineering; Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks, and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1920)
"CHAPTER XII crankcases The structure which supports the cylinders, ... A few
years ago, aluminum alloy was almost universally used for crankcases. ..."
8. Oxy-acetylene Welding Practice by Robert Joseph Kehl (1920)
"... crankcases and Transmission Cases. It is usually necessary to remove the case
from the car. But, if the arm is broken some distance from the main case, ..."
9. Production Milling: A Treatise Dealing with the Methods Employed in by Edward K. Hammond (1921)
"7, are placed in the table of the machine at each end, so that the crankcases
may be dropped over these pins, after which they are held down by means of ..."
10. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"The welding of broken crankshafts and crankcases, such as central breaks, ...
crankcases Function of Crankcase. The lower part of the motor car, truck, ..."
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