o 1. PROPELLER SHAFT “This isthe shaft which transmits the drive from the transmission to the bevel pinion or worm of final drive in front engine, rear drive vehicles. I tlso called drive shaft It consists mainly of three parts (a) Shaft — As this has to withstand mainly torsional Loads, its usvaly nad of tubular cross-section, Ialso has to be well balanced to avoid whisling at high speeds. {@) One or two universal joints, depending upon the type of rear axle drive wsed."The universal joins account forthe up and down movements of the rear axle when the vehicle is running. {@)Slip joint — Depending upon the type of dive, one sip joint may be there's shah This serves to adjust the length of the propeller shaft when ‘demanded by the rear axle movements. /~proreseen thar Lesui01NG sorwT \—unrversac soir Fig. 6.1. Propeller Shaft Fig. 6:1. shows propeller shaft, with to universal joints at the ends and sip or stiding joint. Slip joints formed by the internal spines onthe sleeve aa ea tothe left universal joint and external splines om the propeller shaft arthown, The details of propeller shaft used in Standard-20 vehicles is shown in Fig. 62. Th some designs, slip arrangement is slightly different. In these @ universal joint and splined slip yoke are located at the transmission end ofthe Shaft where these are held in alignment by a bushing inthe transmission rear