Steering System and Wheel Alignment

STEERING SYSTEM AND WHEEL ALINGMENT
A Seminar (Self-study) Report
Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of the
Degree of

Bachelor of Technology
In
Mechanical Engineering

By
Sumit Govind Kanpartiwar
(Regn. No. 20120130)

Facilitator
Dr. R. P. Kate

Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University,
Lonere - 402 103, Dist- Raigad, Maharashtra
2013-2014

Contents
List of figures 04
Abstract 05
Introduction 06
1. Steering System 07 1.1 Requirement and functions of the vehicle steering system. 07 1.2 Main components of steering system 08 1.3 Types of steering system. 09 1.3.1 Gear box manual steering 09 1.3.2 Power steering 13 1.4 Steering gear ratio 14 1.5 Turning radius 14

2. Wheel-Alignment 15 2.1 Factors affecting the wheel alignment 15 2.2 Steering geometry 15 2.3 Reversible and irreversible steering 19 2.4 Wheel alignment of different steering mechanism 20 2.4.1 Davis steering mechanism 20 2.4.2 Ackermann steering mechanism 20 Reference 22

List of Figures
Figure Title Page
Figure 1 Components of steering system 08
Figure 2 Worm and sector steering gear 09
Figure 3 Worm and roller steering gear