Abstract: A system for processing applications from customers for manufacture of vehicle parts is provided. The system includes a server configured to generate an application interface on a customer client in communication with the server through a network. The server is further configured to receive a completed application for manufacture of a part of a vehicle from the customer through the customer client using the application interface. The completed application has information including a first set of information regarding operating conditions of the vehicle, a second set of information defining specifications for the part of the vehicle for which the application to manufacture is being submitted, and a third set of information regarding another part of the vehicle functionally interrelated with said part of the vehicle for which the application for manufacture is being submitted.

Abstract: A system for processing applications from customers for manufacture of vehicle parts is provided. The system includes a server configured to generate an application interface on a customer client in communication with the server through a network. The server is further configured to receive a completed application for manufacture of a part of a vehicle from the customer through the customer client using the application interface. The completed application has information including a first set of information regarding operating conditions of the vehicle, a second set of information defining specifications for the part of the vehicle for which the application to manufacture is being submitted, and a third set of information regarding another part of the vehicle functionally interrelated with said part of the vehicle for which the application for manufacture is being submitted.

Abstract: A retainer for retaining a pair of bearing cups on an opposed pair of trunnions of a universal joint cross includes a pair of cup-shaped end portions that are connected together by an intermediate strap portion. The retainer is expandable from a contracted size, wherein the cup-shaped end portions are spaced apart from one another by a first distance, to an expanded size, wherein the cup-shaped end portions are spaced apart from one another by a second distance that is greater than the first distance. The retainer, or at least a portion thereof, is preferably formed from a single material that is relatively flexible, stretchable, or otherwise expandable to permit the retainer to be selectively expanded from the contracted size to the expanded size. During installation, the retainer is initially expanded to the expanded size to allow the end portions to be disposed about the bearing cups supported on the trunnions of the universal joint cross.

Abstract: A retainer for retaining a pair of bearing cups on an opposed pair of trunnions of a universal joint cross includes a pair of cup-shaped end portions that are connected together by an intermediate strap portion. The retainer is expandable from a contracted size, wherein the cup-shaped end portions are spaced apart from one another by a first distance, to an expanded size, wherein the cup-shaped end portions are spaced apart from one another by a second distance that is greater than the first distance. The retainer, or at least a portion thereof, is preferably formed from a single material that is relatively flexible, stretchable, or otherwise expandable to permit the retainer to be selectively expanded from the contracted size to the expanded size. During installation, the retainer is initially expanded to the expanded size to allow the end portions to be disposed about the bearing cups supported on the trunnions of the universal joint cross.