steering gear

English Thesaurus

1. a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	gear, gear mechanism,
definition	:	a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	steering mechanism, steering system,
definition	:	a mechanism by which something is steered (especially a motor vehicle) (noun.artifact)