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English to Polish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
English term or phrase: levers
w samochodzie mydelniczce (box-car) zawodzi hamulec, o ktorym nic bliższego nie wiemy i te levers trą o nawierzchnię. Jak to z sensem przełożyć?
Dźwignie? jakie dźwignie?
dinde
Poland
Local time: 11:26

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Most soap box cars use a simple lever as a brake. When the driver pulls on the lever, it presses on the wheel, creating friction and slowing the car down.

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Note added at 1 day10 mins (2009-11-07 00:55:51 GMT)
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The simplest type of brakes for soapbox racers is the direct friction type. Its basically a lever, with its fulcrum mounted directly behind a wheel on the frame of the soapbox car, with a pad on the lever that will help slow it down by pulling on the lever and rubbing the pad up against the wheel.

this only really works well with a solid type tire, not an air filled tire, as the friction from the pad would wear down the rubber and pop.


    Reference: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4741347_soap-box-car-work.html
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