DRIVE-CONTROL COMPONENTS
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Power Steering
3-l
9
i
BEFORE SHOCK
Shaft assembly
Polyacetal resin
13x0057
AFTER SHOCK
13X0056
BEFORE SHOCK
Column bracket
13x0053
AFTER SHOCK
Cross-section B-B
-FTl
13X0072
SHOCK ABSORBING STRUCTURE
(1)
(2)
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When the vehicle collides with something and
there is a load added to the steering shaft from
the gear box (primary shock), the polyacetal
resin in the joint assembly is separated, and
the shaft assembly slides into the pipe assembly,
absorbing the shock load.
If the driver’s body falls against the steering
wheel (secondary shock), the shock load is ab-
sorbed in the following two steps.
When a load is added to the steering wheel,
the column bracket crushes the polyacetal resin
and slides forward, absorbing the shock load.
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