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2. Wheel sizing - Wikipedia

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   Staggered wheel fitment usually appears on rear-wheel drive vehicles (and in smaller numbers some all wheel drive cars), when the rear wheels are wider than the front wheels. [11] Such a wheel setup may be found on the Ford Mustang, Infiniti G35, certain models of Mercedes and BMW, etc. A good example of such wheel combination is having 19 in ...

3. Centerlock wheel - Wikipedia

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   A centerlock wheel is a type of automobile wheel in which the wheel is fastened to the axle using a single, central nut, instead of the more common ring of 4 or 5 lug nuts or bolts. It is mostly used in racing and high end sports cars.

4. List of land vehicles types by number of wheels - Wikipedia

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   Six-wheel drive vehicle (6x6) Eight-wheel drive vehicle (8x8) Ten-wheel drive vehicle (10x10) Twelve-wheel drive vehicle (12x12) 18 wheeler; Many tracked vehicles such as tanks; Most rolling stock have more than four wheels, due to trucks having four wheels each, with multiple trucks per vehicle being common

5. Bogie - Wikipedia

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   Special flanged steel wheels are behind the rubber-tired running wheels, with additional horizontal guide wheels in front of and behind the running wheels, as well. The unusually large flanges on the steel wheels guide the bogie through standard railroad switches, and in addition keep the train from derailing in case the tires deflate. [12]

6. Wheelset (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   The Railroad Car Builder's Dictionary. Dover Publications, Inc. White, John H. (1978). The American Railroad Passenger Car. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801819652. OCLC 2798188. White, John H. Jr. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University ...

7. Wheel spikes - Wikipedia

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   For example, in Texas, it is 8 feet (2.4 meters) for passenger cars, [6] and in Florida, the limit is 8.5 feet (2.6 meters). [ 3 ] In the Australian state of Victoria , fitting vehicles with "any protruding object that is likely to increase the risk of bodily injury" is punishable with an AU$ 379 fine , and wheel spikes may also increase the ...