driveshaft

Front-wheel-drive cars have a CVJ on each end of the two halfshafts driving the wheels.

The -10 tells you to visually check halfshaft CV boots and ball joint boots for presence, rips, tears or cuts.

Once you've cleaned away dirt and mud, it's easy to see if the bolts that hold the halfshaft to the rotor are loose.

You can't do anything about the vibration, but you can keep a close eye on the halfshaft bolts.

If a halfshaft flies loose, it can take out the brake lines, coolant tube and cause serious engine failure.

Power output is transmitted to the 3.73:1 Torsen limited-slip independent rear suspension via a carbon fiber driveshaft for reduced rotational mass and torsional distortion, plus larger halfshafts

It feeds into a cast-iron differential case and out through stronger rear halfshafts. To eliminate hop, the strengthened shafts are asymmetrical--a hollow 55-mm unit on the driver's side and a solid 35-mm shaft on the passenger's side--to de-couple the wind-up and release forces.

Toyota has signed up GKN Automotive Driveline to supply constant velocity halfshafts for its Camry model being marketed in the Far East and Australia.

Half the fun of watching the races (for those of us who like to pretend we know our traction control from our halfshafts) comes from correcting Muzza - screaming at the screen things like "That's not Ralf Schumacher you idiot, Ralf has a yellow helmet.

Products: Transmissions, transaxles, suspensions, CV joints, halfshafts, arms, spindles, knuckles

The final drive uses splined halfshafts with twin universal joints.

Hubs, halfshafts and differential -- the latter a new Australian-made BTR limited-slip unit -- are unique to Vanquish.

"What we did was create a module that plugs into an existing differential or axle unit so it can be retrofit into existing applications to give OEMs a range of options." And the Ricardo unit takes up less space, especially in terms of the width between the differential's output shafts, and allows the retention of standard-length halfshafts for optimal articulation angles.