bushing
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Inspectors said the likely cause was moisture getting into the high-voltage "bushing" – insulation around the connections.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
In that case, a safety recall report said “heat and humidity have the potential to contribute to the hydrological breakdown of the bushing material.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on its website Wednesday that a bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission can degrade or detach.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
A damaged or missing shift cable bushing may prevent the vehicle from shifting into the intended gear or the vehicle may roll after the driver selects the 'Park' position.
From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2022
The combine has broken down for the third time in as many days, and Westerberg is frantically trying to replace a hard-to-reach bushing before nightfall.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
CFM said the majority of parts involved are "non-serialized items like bolts, nuts, washers, dampers, seals and bushings".
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
A list of “urgent needs” from DTEK, the country’s largest private energy company, circulating in Washington lists dozens of transformers along with circuit breakers, bushings and transformer oil.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
The loss of lubrication caused some bushings to fail and bent the propeller shaft.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2019
Underneath, the front strut and rear air suspension has been reinforced with more rigid bearings and firmer bushings, increased front camber, higher damper rates, and other changes to the “elastokinematics.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2015
Certain steels have a very low rate of expansion and contraction in hardening and are very desirable for test plugs, gages, punches and dies, for milling cutters, taps, reamers, hard steel bushings and similar work.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
