Webster's "New Collegiate Dictionary" defines it as, "a pin or pivot on
which something cam be rotated or tilted."
I have seen the term used to describe the rocker arms used in the valve
train of an engine.
Regards,
Joe
Cwn74@aol.com wrote:
>
> OK, there is definite confusion in the manuals.
>
> So just what is a Trunnion (3n's), the part at the lower end of the front
> upright - which is labeled in the diagrams as a trunnion?
>
> Or is it any part that uses a bushing similar to that on the Trunnion
> described above?
>
> I found references to the rear hub/trunnion housing in an early owners
> handbook as a trunnion also in the procedure for dismantling outer axle shaft
> even while the diagram refers to it as the trunnion housing.
>
> I know there have been several people baffled when installing front trunnion
> bushings in the rear trunnion housing (a term that doesn't come naturally to
> me).
>
> I've always referred to the rear part as the rear hub or rear bearing hub.
> Some workshop manuals refer to it as the hub bearing housing.
>
> Perhaps John MacCartney can shed some light on this?
>
> Clark
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