DRIVESHAFTS AND

UNIVERSAL JOINTS
CONSTRUCTION
SEAMLESS STEEL TUBING
U-JOINTS AND YOKES
ONE OR TWO PIECE
EXTENSION OF TRANSMISSION
OUTPUT SHAFT
HAS NATURAL VIBRATION TENDENCY
TYPES OF DRIVESHAFTS
HOTCHKISS DESIGN
EXTERNAL SHAFT AND U-JOINTS
USED WITH LEAF OR COIL SPRINGS
ONE OR TWO PIECE
TORQUE TUBE (REAR MOUNTED
TRANSAXLE)
RIGIDLY CONNECTED AT BOTH ENDS
FLEXIBLE TUBE
DRIVESHAFT VIBRATION
CAUSED BY: (BY DESIGN)
TOO LONG OF A SHAFT
TOO SMALL DIAMETER
TOO MUCH DRIVESHAFT ANGLE
CRITICAL SPEED - SPEED WHEN IT
REACHES NATURAL FREQUENCY
DRIVESHAFT IMBALANCE
CONTINUED
TO CORRECT IMBALANCE
BALANCE WEIGHTS
CARDBOARD LINERS
RUBBER INSERTS (HELP NOISE TOO)
TUBE IN TUBE WITH RUBBER INSERTS
LINEAR STIFFNESS
FIBER COMPOSITE
INSPECTION OF
DRIVESHAFTS
DENTED
BENT
UNDERCOATING
BALANCE PADS FALLEN OFF
BROKEN TRANS OR ENGINE MOUNTS
U- JOINTS
TYPES OF UNIVERSAL JOINTS
SINGLE CARDAN JOINT
DOUBLE CARDAN UNIVERSAL JOINT
CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS
SLIP JOINTS
U-JOINTS PARTS
CROSS (SPIDER)
FOUR MACHINED TUNNIONS
NEEDLE BEARINGS
DRIVEN AND DRIVING YOKES
SNAP RINGS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE
CAPS
U-BOLTS OR STRAPS
U-JOINT FACTORS
ALLOWS ANGLE VARIATION OF
DRIVESHAFTS
SLIP JOINTS ALLOWS LENGTH
VARIATION
SPEED VARIATION OF JOINT IS A
FACTOR OF DESIGN
SPEED VARIATION
NATURAL TENDENCY TO SPEED UP
AND SLOW DOWN TWICE DURING ONE
REVOLUTION
SPEED VARIATIONS MAY BE FELT AS
TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS
THE MORE THE ANGLE, THE MORE
THE VELOCITY WILL CHANGE EACH
REVOLUTION OF THE SHAFT
PHASING OF U-JOINTS
TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS ARE
TRANSFERRED DOWN THE SHAFT TO
THE NEXT U-JOINT
TO CANCEL THIS VIBRATION, THE
SHAFT SHOULD HAVE TWO JOINTS
AND EQUAL AND SLIGHT ANGLES TO
EACH OTHER
U-JOINT SERVICE
MUST KNOW U-JOINT SIZE
OUTSIDE YOKE SPAN
INSIDE YOKE SPAN