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axles?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:53 am
by andyc
I'm learning as I go on here and reading the how to's for engine swaps. are what you call axles what we in the uk call driveshafts?? or not lol :?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:46 pm
by chilango41
Yeah there the same ones.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:54 pm
by JUICE
not really. drive shafts are on rear wheel drive cars which also have axles..

PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:18 pm
by Torch_Ind
JUICE wrote:not really. drive shafts are on rear wheel drive cars which also have axles..


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SOLD AXLE

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INDEPENDENT AXLE

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INDEPENDENT AXLE DRIVE SHAFTS "CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT"

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SOLD AXLE DRIVE SHAFT "U-JOINT STYLE"

PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:27 pm
by chilango41
Sometimes at the auto stores they call them driveshadts. I guess it depends who your talking to :?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:31 pm
by Torch_Ind
chilango41 wrote:Sometimes at the auto stores they call them driveshadts. I guess it depends who your talking to :?


The bottom two picture are drive shafts/axle shafts same thing. there just two different style of joints on them,