How to Use pushrod in a Sentence

pushrod

noun

• The left wing aileron trim tab remained intact and its pushrod was connected but bent.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• The pushrod connecting the brake pedal to the master cylinder is adjustable.
  — Bob Weber Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
• The Corvette was long known as the last high-volume sports car with a traditional pushrod V8.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023
• The too-cool fork caps, the black spoked wheels, the two rear frame hoops, the black forks, the polished pushrod tubes atop the cylinders, even the turn signals have panache.
  — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• In this case, Tarver was standing near the pipeline using a pushrod to manually move the pig.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 20 July 2021
• This is also the first McLaren road car to use pushrods that are linked to inboard dampers, another aspect of the car’s ruthless aero optimization.
  — Jason Barlow, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024
• Without pushrods in the way, an engineer making an OHC engine can also configure its ports for better airflow.
  — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2019
• Multimatic's active suspension crowns the transaxle, using race-type pushrod suspension and the latest in adaptive spool valve shocks to enable as much control for drivers as possible.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
• Although the engine remains a cam-in-block pushrod design, the cam is now fitted with a hydraulic timing phaser so that intake and exhaust valve opening and closing duration can be changed to improve performance.
  — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2012
• That genealogy may well have dictated the pushrod setup as well as the tight bore spacing that forces the LS1 engine to have a smaller bore and longer stroke than the old V-8.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• And what remains is all blacked out, except for the lower rocker covers and pushrod tubes – from the fork covers, the controls, the handlebar, the turn signals, the headlight bucket, the engine, exhaust, and even the rear fender struts.
  — New Atlas, 25 July 2026
• This is a pushrod unit, a configuration well known to Hennessey's tuning operations, chosen for its compact dimensions and lower center of gravity.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
• The pushrod setup is relatively compact compared to overhead-cam engines, allowing crate versions to slip easily into Fox-body Mustangs.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 June 2023
• Certain vehicles may have been built without the cotter pin that secures the brake booster pushrod to the brake pedal, potentially causing the brake booster pushrod to separate from the brake pedal, according to the notice.
  — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
• The images also reveal that the new car is going to move away from the Aventador's supremely elegant pushrod suspension, using more conventional upright springs for the double wishbone suspension at each corner.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 14 Mar. 2023
• Mustang—derived from an existing car platform, unlike the Corvair's custom one—fostered the GM brass's pre-existing predilection for pushing cheap, unsophisticated pushrod V-8s.
  — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2022
• However, the 2026 version, while air-cooled and still using pushrod valve actuation like the original, uses fuel injection instead of a carburetor and modern construction, and likely produces twice the power of the original, including 120 pound-feet of torque.
  — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026