If you're even remotely interested in wrenching, you've probably heard of idler and tensioner pulleys, but if you're unsure which is which, step right this way.

Stellantis is recalling around 10,000 diesel cars and vans in the United Kingdom after discovering that a key engine pulley ...

Atwood's machine is the name of a device that looks like this: Also known as "two masses on a pulley". Surprisingly, this simple device comes up a lot in intro physics texts. It also brings up some ...

Besides sending lots of smile-inducing horsepower to your rear tires, the crank also powers all the engine accessories necessary to keep your Chevy rolling down the highway. To do this, power is ...

After a couple of millennia of fiddling with gears, you’d think there wouldn’t be much new ground to explore in the field of power transmission. And then you see something like an infinitely variable ...

Hanging flower baskets are a treasured summer ritual at my house but trying to water pots dangling just beyond my reach is not part of living the dream. Water runs down my arm, the planter shifts and ...