drive shafts
Rotating power conduits
Drive shafts is the plural of drive shaft, a rotating rod that transmits power from an engine to the wheels or other moving parts.
In rear-wheel-drive vehicles, the drive shaft connects the transmission to the rear axle: The mechanic said the drive shaft needed replacing.
Industrial machinery uses drive shafts to transfer rotational force between components.
- couplingsDevices joining two parts
- differentialRelative difference between things
- axleShaft for wheel rotation
- transmissionSending of information
- drivelineVehicle power transmission system
power transfer · torque · transaxles · universal joint · torsion · phasing · crankshaft · powertrain · automatic transmissions · flywheel · cv joint · gearboxes · truck · mechanical · horsepower · clutches · rotation · gear systems
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- drive componentsgears, bearings, pulleys, belts, chains
- fire pumpselectric pumps
- locomotionwalking, running, crawling, swimming, flying
- engine partspiston, valve, cylinder, crankshaft, camshaft
- motorselectric motor, electric motors, DC motor, DC motors, AC motors
power transmission function
drive shaftsaxles
Wheel-connecting rods
wheel bearings · wheels · chassis · frame · engine block