DICTIONARY OF AUTOMOTIVE TERMS - "Ju"
- Jubilee clip:
- A worm-gear hose clip
- Judder:
-
- To shake or vibrate.
- Shaking or vibration.
Also See:
brake judder
clutch judder
wheel judder
wiper blade judder
- Juggernaut:
- A British term for a very large transport truck (i.e., goods lorry); compare
road train
- Juice brake:
- See:
hydraulic brakes.
- Juice brakes:
- See:
hydraulic brakes.
- Julian:
- A vehicle brand of which the 1925-1948 models with required application are
classic cars.
- Jumble:
- See:
autojumble
-
Jumped time:
- A situation in which ignition or camshaft timing is incorrect because of a
mechanical malfunction
- Jumper:
- See:
puddle jumper
- Jumper cable:
- See:
jumper cables.
- Jumper cables:
- Cables used to start a disabled vehicle by conducting electrical
current from the battery
of one vehicle to another so that the disabled vehicle can be started and begin to
generate it own power. The British term is jump leads
- Jump lead:
- British term for jumper cables or booster cables
- Jump spark:
- A high tension electrical current which jumps
through the air from one terminal to the other.
- Jump start:
- The act of using jumper cables on a weak battery to
start a disabled vehicle.
- Junction box:
- Box or container housing group of electrical terminals.
- Junk:
-
- Scrap; unwanted material, e.g., unwanted car parts.
- To scrap, to throw away unwanted material.
- Junk ring:
- A flexible ring used in the cylinder head to provide a seal with the inner sleeve
of a sleeve valve engine
- Junkyard:
- A place where cars are sent for scrap. Also called "auto graveyard" or "auto
wrecker's lot."
- Jury rig:
- The action of cobbling something together instead of
put together according to specifications.
- Jury rigged:
- Something that is cobbled together instead of put
together according to specifications. An
alteration of the expression, "Jewry rigged" which was a slur on the Jews to
indicate poor workmanship.
-
Just-in-time:
- (JIT) refers to the movement of material to the necessary place at
the necessary time. It is part of a business philosophy based on
achieving excellence in a manufacturing company through the
continuous elimination of waste. A manufacturing system which
depends on frequent, small deliveries of parts and supplies to keep
on-site inventory to a minimum.
-
Just-in-time system:
- A system of production where components are delivered as they are required rather
than keeping them in store
-
Juvenile delinquent:
- Trucker slang for Someone pretending to be a truck driver as in "Let's take it to
the double Harley ther's too many juvenile deliquents on this channel."
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