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Clockspring

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A steering column; The clockspring is the small black drum with yellow wires at the front end.

A clockspring (also referred to as a "spiral spring" or "spiral cable") is a type of spring often found in automobiles, that stores energy on a rotating axis. Clocksprings generally consist of a flat multicore cable wound in a spiral shape similar to a clock spring, hence the name,[1] but the name is also given to devices fulfilling the same purpose but which use spring-loaded brushes contacting concentric slip rings.[2]

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