Rear-wheel-drive vehicles have universal joints (or U-joints) at both ends of the drive shaft. U-joints connect to yokes that also allow drive shafts to move fore and aft as vehicles go over bumps ...

Long drive shafts are used on cooling towers, some diesel engine-driven equipment, and wherever the shaft ends are spaced far apart. Figure 11.1 shows a typical application. Driveshafts are also used ...

The sidecar wheel is driven via a shaft from the transmission, along with another shaft to drive the rear wheel. Despite the diminishing popularity of sidecars today, Ural still continues to produce ...

Other than small-displacement motorcycles, driving a US Legend race car might just be the world's most affordable way to ...

The Kia Telluride is one of the manufacturers most popular SUVs. Here is everything you need to know before you buy a new or ...

the transfer case contains gears that connect a second drive shaft to send power to all four wheels instead of just the front or rear ones. The transfer case on some vehicles, particularly those ...

These tools enhance the engineering and manufacturing process for front and rear drive shafts. One key aspect of the new ...

The Mazda warranty meets industry standards with 3-year/36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper and 5-year/60,000-mile powertrain ...

a pair of joints at each end of a shaft rotated 90° axially. This arrangement can still be seen on conventional driveshafts for rear-wheel-drive vehicles, with a U-joint at the output of the ...

Its shaft system, consisting of hollow and core shafts, makes the multi-stage 2-shaft compressor (M2VP) ideal not only for the examination of single- or multi-stage compressors, but also for ...

While BMW toys with the idea of an all-wheel-drive M2, two British firms show us what the future might look like ...

Whether upgrading your new turntable or repairing your vintage-shop find, these are the steps to take to safely install a new ...