Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So your mechanic said your balance shaft gear is starting to wear out, and it got you thinking: What even is a balance shaft, and ...

When you consider the crazy monkey motion of reciprocating internal combustion engines it is remarkable they work as well as they do. You have eight pistons and connecting rods doing a "do-si-do" ...

Linamar has been granted a patent for an innovative engine balance shaft designed for internal combustion engines. The shaft features a hydroformed hollow tube that reduces mass and rotational inertia ...