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1.The drive shaft is the connection between the gearbox and the rear axle of RWD vehicle.

2.Some companies call the driveshaft shaft other names such as Propeller shaft and
intermediate shaft
3.The critical length for the steel drive shaft is 165 cm and after this length we need to
use support bearing

4.Drive shaft can be made from aluminum or carbon plastic

5.Drive shaft balance should be within 0.5% of the weight of the column.

6.U-Joints allows the drive shaft to make a neutral angle of up to 8 degrees.

7.The drive shaft should contain u-joint to allow it to make angle and slip joints to allow it
to make axial offset

8.To avoid gimbal error the two u-joints must be in the same direction (same/opposite).

9.We use grease to make joints easy to work .

10.Constant velocity joints regularly transmit rotational motion even at relatively large
deviation angles

11.The double u-joint allow us to make a deviation angle up to 50 degrees but it does
not allow any axial offsets

12.Ball joints allow angles of deviation up to 38° for normal types and up to 47° for
special types but it also does not allow any axial offsets

13.The pot joint allow us to make an axial offset ( true / False )

14.The Unequal-length drive axle shaft problem is This shaft generates different angles of
deviation on the front\ axle relative to the wheels and we solve this problem by using by
adding intermediate shaft
to make the angles of the deviation equal between the axle and the wheels.

15. counterweight help in damping rotational vibrations .

What is the function of Drive Shaft ?