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drive shaft

[′drīv ‚shaft]
(mechanical engineering)
A shaft which transmits power from a motor or engine to the rest of a machine.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"Since then we've found the intercooler was split so that's been changed, there was a problem with the turbo which has now been resolved and I've ordered new driveshafts which are due to arrive from America tomorrow.
Initially I thought it was a puncture but we subsequently found out that it was a broken front right driveshaft."
"This is a great illustration of how just a few degrees of misalignment can negatively affect a driveshaft's performance and reliability," said Randy Breaux, Motion Industries' senior vice president of marketing, product management & strategic planning.
Entered in the turbine class with their powerful Al-Ad'am 96, the pair controlled their pace to stay well clear of the five piston-powered Superboat Unlimited boats through the opening couple of laps and were in a class of their own before driveshaft issues forced them into retirement.
A global automotive systems and components supplier contracted with GH IA to develop the machine specifically for a new starter driveshaft line.
New Delhi, May 27 -- The Japanese car major Toyota which is present in India through Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is reportedly recalling 1,100 units of the diesel variant of its sedan Corolla Altis in India due to faulty driveshaft. According to a report in The Economic Times, TKM stated that it has initiated a recall campaign this month for Toyota Corolla Altis Diesel.
The team had to replace the gearbox and driveshaft, doing so just in time to get the 25-year-old Scot on track towards the end of the second session.
A broken driveshaft, NSN 3040-00-903-0908, from the blower housing in an M113-series vehicle's 6V53 or 6V53T engine is a real pain.
But he was able to push his advantage out to 37.6 seconds over team-mate Sebastien Loeb as Latvala dropped back when he was struck by a driveshaft failure and later on a puncture, which left him over four minutes adrift of the lead.
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