Translations for „tappet“ in the English » German Dictionary

tap·pet [ˈtæpɪt] N

tappet MECH

Daumen m

tappet MECH

Zapfen m

tappet MECH

Mitnehmer m spec

tappet (on car engine)

[Ventil]stößel m spec

tappet (on loom)

Nadelschloss nt spec

tappet (on sewing machine)

Exzenter m spec

tappet (on sewing machine)

Nocken m spec

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English

At high speeds, the valve spring simply can not keep the tappet or roller on the camshaft.

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All versions featured a low-maintenance timing chain with a self-adjusting hydraulic chain tensioner and hydraulic valve tappets.

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The design uses hydraulic tappets and incorporates the provisions for a hydraulically controlled propeller installation as well.

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Light alloy is used for the valve covers, tappet blocks, sump and inlet manifolds.

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A much improved system placed the shims "above" the tappet.

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A tappet between valve and cam is a contact surface on which the cam slides to open the valve.

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It featured inclined valves operated via easily adjustable tappet levers by two overhead camshafts, an important innovation at the time.

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But a cam sometimes touches the tappet, and metal bearing surface wears with insufficient oil or with too much / too little clearance.

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The valves are at the side and worked by tappets acting directly on a large-diameter two-bearing camshaft.

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The company's ads claimed it lacked starting crank, change speed gears, clutch, cams, valve gear, tappets, and complications, thanks to electromagnetically operated inlet valves.

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