Drive Train
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Info
Two universal joints connect the drive shaft from transmission to the rear axle with the propeller shaft (in yellow). Since the transmission is fixed to the frame and the rear axle is not, when the rear wheels are over a bump, the propeller shaft will swing.
Source
This Working Model file is adapted from Figure 9.51 on p.510 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R. L., McGraw-Hill, 2004, and from Figure 22-3 on p.396 in Auto Fundamentals, by Stockel, M. W., Stockel, M. T. and Johanson, C., the Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc., 2000..
Credits
This Working Model file was first developed by Jie (Jeff) Yang.