Let's Learn English! Topic: Parts! ⚙️🧲🔩 - Car Parts, Equipment Parts, Machine Parts (Lesson Only)

put on and it just makes the the wheels on the VO called

vehicle you put it on the hub and then you tighten up the

And then this is a hubcap. Uh I just lost another hubcap from

joint. This is for all the engineers and farmers and

Look Much Nicer. Anytime you have a door it will most likely

anything. So universal joint it's kind of like doing this

think the wheels on each side were connected together with an

And now I noticed that the front hubcap is gone. It fell

some kind where the door is connected to the wall or a

And then this is the hub. The hub is the spot where you put

call that a tire sometimes but technically this is the tire.

have some kind of hinge. So on your vehicle there is a hinge

nuts. This is a rim. So the rim is the part of the tire that

you look at a battery any kind of battery even a small battery

my red van. I lost a hubcap a few weeks ago and replaced it.

a negative terminal. This I believe is the positive

vehicle or whatever else it is on. So this is a battery

off and it went somewhere. The hubcap is the last thing you

cool thing that allows one part to move while the other part

terminal. We sometimes call it a battery post as well. But

the tire on the vehicle. So when you put a tire on a

you look underneath there will be a drive shaft. It will bring

shiny silver part. The caliper is the thing that grabs the

back of your vehicle. If you have a front wheel drive car

but that is a drive shaft. Anytime we join two tires

don't want the caliper to wear out. So when you go get your

together with a shaft or rod, you could use either word here.

rotors are getting thin. On some vehicle you might also

four-wheel independent suspension. A long time ago, I

axle but that's a little more rare now. Pretty common though

brakes work on a bicycle. They work pretty much the same way

probably more common to have an axle on a trailer or a truck

doesn't have rubber. This is the tire. Although we do use

We call it an axle. So, you have axles on vehicles. Um it's

not to get into too many details but most vehicles have

turn. Um I put this on here because the seat on my tractor

connected to the vehicle is a hinge. So that is just a really

tire to talk about the whole part. The rim and the rubber we

doesn't. So almost every door in the world has a hinge of

call this a disc. The caliper when you press the brake pedal

a little more a little smaller and it's used to keep things

out the other end. This is what allows your engine do run. If

your spark plugs are working properly your car will start

oil to keep it clean. But this is a screen made of metal. It's

working vehicle. Uh suspension is what we use to refer to

air mix So spark plugs are very important to have a good

car smooth when you drive and it's because there are springs

to replace a shock absorber. Your back suspension isn't

suspension. But this is a good word to know because if you do

it will have terminals or ends. And will be positive. But in a

everything that holds a tire on a vehicle. There are different

vehicle but that is what allows your car to be enjoyable to

spark plug. When electricity goes in one end a spark comes

holds a tire on. The shock absorber, the spring, all of

get a vehicle fixed the mechanic might say oh you need

working properly. So again suspension is everything that

those parts are called the suspension. It's what makes the

and it will drive. It's the thing that ignites the gas and

and shock absorbers. It's a little different on each

parts though. There are springs and shock absorbers in your

that allows the door to open. The part where the door is

terminal. By the way the gold part here is the connector. But

in a car we generally call it a battery terminal or the battery

mostly we call it a terminal. There's a positive terminal and

metal but they can be made out of other things. You can see

where the orange arrow is pointing is called the

clean as well. You can filter the air. You also can filter

there is a screen in front. Screens are usually made out of

terminal because it has the red wire going to it. Um but yes if

vocabulary words. I had to have two different slideshows. So

there? Oh yeah I gotta do this. This is different than a

post. Sometimes you don't want stuff to get into a machine so

that this person was working somewhere where they didn't

anyways a filter is usually made out of fiber or something

filter. There I'm back on track now. There were so many

to enter the tractor. So there is a screen at the front. This

to keep the air clean or to keep the oil clean. This is a

is different than oop this is different than What happened

usually on the outside. On the inside you might have a filter

want grass to enter the machine. They didn't want grass

is a bolt this is the nut that goes on the end this is a wing

quick and then I will do a few more questions. Here we go.

need a wrench to tighten it okay so a wing nut is just

easier to do sometimes when a wing nut is really tight you do

handle and it allows you to change a setting. Okay so on my

repeat something I've taught a couple times before. This is a

bolt. But kind of the same idea used to hold two things

levers do different things. If you want to call it a lever you

can but I'm going to keep calling it a lever. So real

have to use pliers to undo it but a wing nut you can usually

and then sometimes we use a lock washer. A lock washer will

one position or the other. You can toggle it. That's also an

do by hand and a washer is used With a bolt and a nut just to

actually stop the bolt from coming loose. It actually acts

work. Or your signal lights don't work. And you need to

which holds everything in place. I So again this is a

that's a little more technical. And then connector. Anytime you

goes onto the threaded end. If you want you can use a wing nut

them. We would call this here a harness. In a vehicle there are

lock washer on with a bolt and nut it creates outward tension

whole bunch of wires come to the same place like this we

can screw the screw into a piece of wood or into a piece

have electricity in a piece of equipment or a vehicle you

nut. It's on the threaded end of the bolt. Okay. So this bolt

lights to work or your turning signals to work on a vehicle.

of metal. Um but yeah that's a screw slightly different than a

together and there is a connector on the end of some of

doesn't have a nut on the end. So you can turn a screw. You

vehicle there's usually a connector like this on the back

things from getting overloaded. The way we do that is by using

call it a harness or a wiring harness. This might be one of

if I'm not going to go into too many details but it protects

the lesson are this might be one of the vocabulary words

together. So when you have electricity you have to protect

have a spot where you can connect or disconnect wires. We

go. Um there's also on my one tractor. A toggle switch that

call it a connector. In Canada if you hook a trailer up to a

one part to another part with something like this we call it

you have to flip in order to start the tractor. A toggle

at the end of wires you will have a connector. And then of

English verb. And then of course button. A button is

electricity from the van or the car to the trailer. So sometime

the key. You just pushed a button and the car started.

switch can be either on or off. And it's kind of it's either in

of wires in my van. But we also use cable to talk about this

string. Cables are almost always made out of metal or

drive to they gave me a car that I could use while my van

garage and they gave me a loner vehicle. They gave me a car to

Sometimes a cable has electricity going through it.

was being fixed and it didn't have you didn't have to turn

course there's cable. Now we sometimes call this a cable.

was pretty fun for me. Um and then normally in a car I would

English. Like there's a lot of cables in my van. There's a lot

call this in Canada we would call this the ignition or the

So cable and wire are sometimes used interchangeably in

steel. They're very very strong. And if you look there's

It's really cool. I know most modern cars do that but that

type of thing. A cable is kind of like a metal rope or a metal

to tighten a bolt. And the other end is threaded. That's

together so that they move at the same time. And then a

ignition switch. The spot where you put your key and turn. We

doesn't fly out or blow away. Or if you go over a bump you

go one more and that starts the vehicle and it goes back to on.

this is one of the styles and you can use that to connect the

called tie rods they connect one piece of your front end of

vehicle you could say turn the ignition. See if it will start.

a rod. A rod generally doesn't turn. It's usually used to just

ignition. I And then this caused some controversy last

a car to the other end. So any kind of straight pieces metal

So the ignition switch goes from off to on and then you can

time I talked about it. I call this a lever. Some people call

connect one piece to another piece. So if you have these are

general term for anything else would just be a bar. So this

this a lever. Uh I'm going to keep calling it a lever. Um

piece of equipment has a long bar along the back. Um if you

But we would simply call this I would simply call this the

were to look in the back of my S my van there is a bar that

it's anything where it's it's like a rod that comes up with a

that connects two things we would call raw And then the

tractors in particular there are a lot of levers. And those

that we often use to describe anything long that's between

nut you can tighten a wing nut by hand but a normal nut you

an arm. We don't call the part that bends an elbow or a wrist

washer. So back to the beginning. A bolt has an end

goes across. So this is probably just a general term

call that the ignition. When you're trying to start a

would use wires. Wires generally have copper on the

of your car occasionally You'll have to replace brake pads.

kind of do the same thing that a human arm does. We call it an

arm. My microphone is on an arm. Um this microphone is on

it slows the car down. And then here the brake pads will slowly

arm to hold my microphone. This arm is connected to a mic

vehicle to the back. If you have a rear wheel drive car. If

when we talk about this. We would simply just say I have an

as a little spring to hold the bolt and nut together better.

stand. So the part that goes this way is a stand. But this

wear out. They're designed to wear out. So if you take care

part here, this part right here, I would call an arm. And

Every once in a while if you wait too long you might have to

then of course some basic things. Anytime you need to

inside. We sometimes even call it copper wire. That's the

Um I'm not going to explain all the details but when you put a

There has to be a wire that goes to that light. And we

is threaded. That's all of the grooves at the far end. The nut

expensive to replace brake pads. It's quite expensive to

so many wires. They sometimes come to the same place. When a

replace rotors and calipers too. Never fun. It's not

metal that it's made out of. Um but if you want your signal

and you might need a washer or a lock washer. And then just to

would call this a harness. When you have a whole bunch of wires

years ago. But now we have what are called breakers. It does

two other things. Arm. So anytime there is parts that

screw. A screw is different than a bolt. Because a screw

some windshield washer fluid through the nozzles onto your

think you have one you do on your vehicle somewhere. A drive

attract metal. And sometimes magnets are used as parts for

with your hands. And now you can turn but you can also go in

because there's two little nozzles. So when your

things from being overloaded. So this top fuse has actually

other equipment that protects something. So here you have a

every direction. It's kind of universal. So if you don't

windshield wipers are going if it's not raining you can shoot

there? If one of these fuses has blown. Okay so once again

windshield. Magnets. So magnets are really cool things. They

shaft is the shaft that takes power from the front of a

parts. Um if you take a part a speaker the thing that makes

need to check your fuse box. We also use these in our houses.

different things. I have a little door in my van that when

on a trailer I think.

people. So they don't touch things they shouldn't touch.

shield that protects the rest of the car from the heat of the

you probably have a little shaft going to each front tire

in front of that so that people don't accidentally touch it

power from the transmission and engine from the front to the

and you put something in it you use a strap to secure it. So it

technical. The rotor is the part of a brake that the the

I close it a magnet holds it shut. Um I have a little clip

angle can change. And it won't wreck anything. It won't break

muffler. Sometimes you might have a shield to protect

when it's running. So a shield is usually metal and it's the

the same job as a fuse. But you can reset it. Instead of

it onto things that are metal. So magnets are pretty cool

because the tiny wire in the fuse burnt. Because the system

sound there is a magnet inside of that as well. A shield. So a

something called a fuse or a breaker. So what this does is

shield is any piece usually metal a part of the car or

rest of the machine. So there's a switch. There's also a toggle

replacement it which is quite handy. So a little more

part of anything that's meant to protect you or protect the

blown. You can see that there's a little bit of dark inside

is anything you use to turn stuff on and off. So often when

rotor and the brake pads are inside the caliper because you

switch. This could be called a toggle switch too. But a switch

was overloaded. This is what a car fuse looks like in Canada

simply something you push. Um the other day my van was in the

brakes fixed. Sometimes you need new rotors. It's rare. But

I get in my van I will push a switch so the windshield wipers

in North America. Sometimes on a car your headlights don't

Often when you two pulleys and a belt. There will be a shield

probably cables in a vehicle somewhere that connect things

sometimes the mechanic will say your rotors are warped or your

check the fuse box to see if one you see the little fuses in

don't want it to go to fly out of the back. That's how we

strap. If you have a pickup truck or if you have a trailer

hold things better or to add space or to make it stronger

sister would be very angry but once my sister bought a really

when a fuse is overloaded the fuse will blow. And you would

nice outdoor chair and she put it in the back of her pickup

Uh in our houses we used to have fuses in Canada 30 or 40

describe it in English. I shouldn't tell this story. My

inside this red part. It grabs the wheel. You know how the

truck and she didn't have a strap. She didn't have any

This is a bolt. This is a nut. This is a wing nut. This is a

straps. So she couldn't secure it. And when she was driving

replace those. This is just a knob. Knob is anything that you

home it flew out into the ditch and it broke. It's a very sad

has a knob and if I turn the knob the seat goes up. If I

other it goes like it zips and then as you pull it it gets

a common thing that is used in a lot of places and we call it

turn the knob the other way the seat goes down. Universal

that I can put a camera on and it's magnetic. So I can stick

that you can put a wrench on. A wrench is a tool that you use

it. So often when there are a lot of wires in a vehicle or in

the end where you can put a nut on. Okay. So we look here this

a zip tie or a cable tie. When you put the one end into the

joint. So now I'm getting super technical but a universal

tighter and then you can't undo it. You have to cut it to undo

When you're driving your when you're trying to do windshield

mechanics out there. Uh a universal joint is a special

a piece of equipment there will be a zip tie holding those

joint that allows two shafts to connect at an angle and that

can shoot other things as well would be called a nozzle. We

on a car if you have disc brakes. It grabs the rotor and

things together. Anything that shoots water mostly water it

have on our farm in order to deal with bugs sometimes we

have a sprayer and it has a nozzle at the end. So instead

of the water coming out straight it spreads it out.

wipers are going. You can spray windshield washer fluid on them

wipe. When you're driving your vehicle and your windshield

day for her. I won't tell you which sister it was. Uh this is

gear turns it turns another gear. And then you have

different gear ratios. So when a small gear connects to a

Don't do that. Only a mechanic should do that. You would find

inside lots of gears. They're usually made of steel. When one

a sprocket and a gear. A sprocket will never connect to

another sprocket. A sprocket is always designed to have a

you were to take apart the transmission in your vehicle.

there might be one, two, or five or six sprockets at the

would be on a bicycle. And a gear. So the difference between

word to say. A gear however connects to another gear. If

chain. I really like saying the word sprocket. That's a fun

different pieces of equipment. But probably the most common

back and connecting them will be a chain. So we would call it

sprocket at the front. There might be two or three and then

pulley is the round part the belt is the black part that

most common sprocket and chain system would be on a bicycle.

If you have a bicycle you can go and look and you will see a

different. Similar to how two pulleys can be connected with a

belt. Two sprockets can be connected with a chain. The

is a sprocket. They sound the same but they are very

one or two belts and many many pulleys. And then of course you

have what's called a chain and chains are often connected to

of your vehicle if you have one today and you will see at least

sprockets. Now don't get confused. This is a socket this

pulley. So the belt is the part that connects the two pulleys.

If you are curious to see belt and pulleys just open the hood

by the way. A belt is used to connect two pulleys. So the

making that pulley turn goes through the belt to the other

connects the two. When the one pulley turns the power that is

British English. This is a very North American English listed

a bike chain but there are chains used in all kinds of

turn freely. And just a general description. Anytime we connect

a bearing in it spins freely. Every tire on your car has a

of friction and it would generate heat. But when you put

use so things turn smoothly. If you were to put a shaft through

another piece of metal without a bearing there would be a lot

can also use it as a verb. Sometimes you need to pin

wheel there is a bearing. This is what allows those things to

bearing at the centre. On your bicycle At the centre of each

fix it. Generally in English any small piece of metal that

things inside of other things. A bearing is something that we

out in order to remove certain parts. In order to be able to

goes through a hole like that we would call a pin. And you

things together. We talked about this in the lesson about

But often when I fix my lawnmower I have to take a pin

bigger gear it might be a ratio of when this gear turns once

It might be called a cotter pin. Don't quote me on that.

and simple. Sometimes you will have a pin in the end of a bolt

a little too technical. So I'll try my best to keep the clear

vocabulary is very common. But the way I describe it might be

engineers, mechanics, farmers and people who like to fix

This lesson was highly requested though by a lot of

things. So hopefully you realize a lot of this

sprocket. Um but that is used to transfer the power laterally

in a system. If this is too technical for you I apologize.

Pullies and gears are usually on the end of a shaft. A shaft

the end it will probably have a gear or pulley or maybe even a

is a very strong piece of metal or steel. Um that can turn. On

so I might explain more things that I had originally played.

the small gear turns twice. Little too technical. I wasn't

going to get that technical in this lesson but I'm having fun

or in the end of a shaft. This I think is called a split pin.

into a socket. On my van the turn signal stopped working.

English. This isn't just a lesson for those who are

But I think this is worthwhile for everyone who is learning

welcome to this english lesson about parts. A socket. So a

little pieces that we have inside of machines. Uh and

mechanics or engineers. But it will also help you a lot if

that we drive. Uh we have air conditioners that keep our

Well hello and welcome to this english lesson about parts. Now

flowers cool. We have a lot of different things and they all

of machine. On the farm here I have tractors. We have vans

of parts. And that's the term we use. When we talk about

talking about all of the parts that you will find in any kind

sewing machine. If you have any kind of machine it's made out

you might be wondering what is this lesson about? What is Bob

going to be teaching us this morning? What are parts? Well

if you have a car or a lawnmower or a bicycle or a

screws and bolts and springs and gears and sprockets we're

belts. In a car if you open the hood. I think it's called the

there are many ways to do this one way is for you to have

So often there are moving parts in a vehicle or on another

And I put a new bulb in the socket but that didn't fix it

is it called the boot? I'm not sure what it's called in

to get the the power from one section to another section. And

socket is anything where something goes into it. A belt.

have parts in them. So this is a bit of a technical lesson.

because the socket actually needed to be replaced. So a

it. And that is probably the best example. A light bulb goes

although it doesn't have to be. This is a very common use of

is a light bulb in there. That light bulb goes into a socket.

So a socket is usually used to describe something electrical

look on the front of your car you have headlights and there

that is your career. So once again parts are all of the

socket is any kind of hole that something goes into. So if you

piece of equipment or in a machine. And sometimes you have

ride in.