broken axle
Fractured wheel support
A broken axle is an axle that has cracked or snapped, typically rendering a vehicle immobile.
Axles bear the full weight of a vehicle and transfer power to the wheels, so failure is serious: We were stranded on the highway with a broken axle.
The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for any mechanical breakdown that stops progress cold.
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- snappedBroke with sudden force
- wheelRotating circular frame
- hubCentral connection point
spindle · wheel bearing · roadside · stranded · side of the road · tow truck · tow service · mechanic · auto shop · repair · wreck · total loss · accident · grinding · metal · heavy load · fracture · bent
- transmission problemstransmission failure, grinding gears, shuddering, grinding noise
- malfunctionsdefective, glitch, faulty, error, malfunction