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An idler gear is a gear wheel that is inserted between two or more other gear wheels. The purpose of an idler gear can be two-fold.Firstly, the idler gear will change the direction of rotation of the output shaft.n idler-wheel drive is a system used to transmit the rotation of the main shaft of a motor to another rotating device, for example the platter of a record-reproducing turntable or the crankshaft-to-camshaft gear train of an automobile.
It is actually a pretty simple mechanism. A rack-and-pinion gearset is enclosed in a metal tube, with each end of the rack protruding from the tube. A rod, called a tie rod, connects to each end of the rack. The pinion gear is attached to the steering shaft. When you turn the steering wheel, the gear spins, moving the rack. The tie rod at each end of the rack connects to the steering arm on the spindle (see diagram above). The rack-and-pinion gearset does two things: 1  It converts the rotational motion of the steering wheel into the linear motion needed to turn the wheels. 2  It provides a gear reduction, making it easier to turn the wheels.