Malamba amakono amapangidwa ndi mphira, zopangira mphira monga neoprene, polyurethane, kapena nitrile yodzaza kwambiri, yokhala ndi zingwe zolimba zolimba kwambiri zopangidwa ndi Kevlar, polyester, kapena fiberglass. Zingwe zolimbitsazo zidzathamanga kutalika kwa lamba, kuchepetsa chizolowezi cha lamba kutambasula pakapita nthawi. Malamba a nthawi amakhala ndi mano a trapezoidal kapena curvilinear odulidwa mbali imodzi ndipo manowa amapangidwa mwapadera ndi kukula kwake kuti agwirizane bwino ndi ma pulleys pa crankshaft ndi camshaft.
Akatswiri ambiri anganene kuti lamba wa nthawi ayenera kusinthidwa pambuyo pa kuyendetsa galimoto kwa makilomita 60,000 mpaka 100,000, kapena zaka 7 mpaka 10 za utumiki. Kubetcherana kwabwino kwa eni galimoto, komabe, ndikutsata malingaliro a wopanga. Wopanga galimoto aliyense aziyika nthawi yochitira lamba mu bukhu lautumiki lagalimoto, ndipo ndikofunikira kutsatira nthawiyo kuti tipewe kulephera kwa lamba wanthawi yokwera mtengo komanso wovuta.
Mtengo wa lamba wa nthawi ukhoza kukhala wotsika kwambiri, koma ntchito yomwe imalowa m'malo mwa lamba wanthawi imatha kukwera. Lamba wanthawi ndi gawo la injini yamkati yomwe imafuna kuti makaniko achotse mbali zingapo za injini zakunja kuti athe kuzipeza ndikuzisintha. Kutengera kapangidwe kagalimoto ndi mtundu wagalimoto, mtengo wosinthira lamba wanthawi uyamba pamtengo wa madola mazana angapo ndipo ukhoza kulowa muzithunzi zinayi.
Njira ina ngakhale ndikutchova njuga chifukwa ngati lamba wanu wanthawi yayitali ukulephera mukamayendetsa, ndalama zokonzetsera zidzakhala pawiri, katatu kapena kupitilira apo.
Pomaliza, ndikufunabe kukuwuzani kuti muyenera kukhala ndi lamba wabwino wamagalimoto kuti mupewe ndalama zokwera mtengo