Front Drive Halfshafts: Notes
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Ford Pickup. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The front drive halfshafts consist of the following:
- Inner CV joints
- Outer CV joints
- Interconnecting shafts
- Convoluted CV joint boots
- CV joint boot clamps
- Special CV high-temperature grease
- Tripod joint housings
- Ball and cage housings
- A circlip stopper that holds the cross-groove inboard race assembly (inboard CV joint) together
- A circlip that retains the splined inboard CV joint to the differential side gear
The front drive halfshafts link the front axle to the front wheel hubs. The CV joints allow the halfshafts to rotate smoothly through the required changes in angles between the stationary axle and the varying angles of the front wheels including jounce and rebound plus changes while turning. The CV joints are either tri-lobed style or the caged ball type depending on inboard or outboard. New halfshaft components are available as kits containing grease, boots and clamps.