Western Slope Rover
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Uhh............
Western Slope Rover
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Being Merkin, the rest of the world is most always wrong.A prop shaft.
I guess the rest of the world is wrong if they don't call it a drive shaft in English.
We're used to it.
RangeRoller dt
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Interceptorxj
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So you call a prop shaft a drive shaft and a drive shaft an Uhh! how strange.
UK: shaft from gear/transfer box to differential = prop shaft , shaft from differential to wheel hub = driveshaft (live axle)
US: shaft from gear/transfer box to differential = drive shaft , shaft from differential to wheel hub = uhh (live axle)
Western Slope Rover
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We use the generic term "drive shaft" for both.
Interceptorxj
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Sorted, out of interest what about a 'half shaft'?
RangeRoller dt
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You mean a driveshaft lol
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Shippers
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So how do you differentiate which drive shaft you need when you order a replacement for your Land Rover?
Western Slope Rover
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Front drive shaft, rear drive shaft. But I don't need to order them. I've got parts vehicles.
Shippers
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Which side?
Western Slope Rover
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Now I'm just confused.
Shippers
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No wonder... a Land Rover has a front and back propshaft that run down the vehicle from front to back "a bit like a boat" it also has 4 drive shafts that go from one side of the vehicle to the other that meet at the differential some call them half shafts don't know why because they don't split anything in half...
Western Slope Rover
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Oh, axel shafts.
We're very basic.
Shippers
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Not all axles have shafts though...especially if they're front wheel drive...
RangeRoller dt
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I like how he don’t give up.
RangeRoller dt
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That’s be the shaft shaft
