: a shaft consisting of a series of cranks and crankpins to which the connecting rods of an engine are attached
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The engine uses two separate crankshafts, with a three-cylinder unit at the front and a two-cylinder unit behind it, working together as a single powertrain.—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 The potential engine failure is caused by the seizure of the #5 metal crankshaft bushing, according to the recall report.—James Powel, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 An employee works on a vehicle crankshaft production line at a factory which produces engine parts in Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province on March 14, 2025.—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 May 2025 According to the notice, the affected vehicles may have defective connecting rods or crankshaft components in the engine.—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crankshaft