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   ocr: RACK AND PINION GEARS RACK 4 - - - / X - - / - - o - - SPUR GEAR With a rack and pinion gear, a simple spur gear meshes with a toothed rack. This allows rotary movement to be changedinto linear movement and vice versa. The spur gear cannot rotate continuously, because the length of racklimits its movement.