How to Use driveshaft in a Sentence

driveshaft

noun

• The brakes, driveshaft, greenhouse, tailpipes and on and on.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
• So the team had to beef up the car's suspension, steering, driveshaft and brakes.
  — Thomas Peipert, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
• So the team had to beef up the car’s suspension, steering, driveshaft and brakes.
  — Thomas Peipert, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2022
• The blower attaches to the front but is powered in the rear by way of a new driveshaft that runs the length of the machine.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2016
• To remove any lash in the driveline and to preload the driveshaft and trans with torque, inch up to the line a bit while still holding the brakes.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 20 July 2017
• True to the name, the GTA is said to be 220 pounds lighter with the driveshaft, hood, roof, front fascia, and fenders all made from carbon-fiber.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2020
• Lifting one end off the ground still leaves one driveshaft spinning.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
• Water-Pump Housing: The motor is cooled by water from around the boat, which is pumped along the driveshaft.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2015
• Toyota also stripped weight from the front seats, muffler, and driveshaft, along with moving the license plate down to the bumper.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2021
• Busch complained of driveshaft problems early in the race but held on and raced in the top five before parking.
  — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 6 May 2018
• Jacquot hoped that these lighter, smaller tires would give our axles and driveshafts a better chance at survival.
  — Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2016
• There's no driveshaft, just like in other all-wheel-drive Toyota/Lexus hybrids.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 20 May 2022
• The clutch in turn twists an aluminum-and-ceramic-matrix driveshaft.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• The motor adds to the torque delivered from the four-cylinder via the conventional driveshaft.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 23 May 2022
• These could loosen and come into contact with the truck's aluminum driveshaft and damage or even fracture it, Ford said.
  — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 23 Dec. 2021
• The differential oil lubricates the ring and pinion gears that transfer power from the driveshaft to the wheel axles.
  — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2021
• From there, engine power was rerouted through spinning driveshafts to the back wheels or, in many newer models, to all four wheels.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The rear axle housing may not support the load of the pickup truck and deform, which could result in driveshaft separation.
  — USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
• Otherwise, this 325iX has had a bunch of recent work done that's said to include brakes, alternator, driveshaft, U-joints, and flex discs.
  — James Tate, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2022
• With a rigid tunnel in the middle big enough to fit a driveshaft (or even batteries for a hybrid variant, perhaps?), the new Corvette makes that leap across the door sill minimal.
  — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2020
• The driveshaft, which transfers torque to other parts of the vehicle, may become fractured in affected trucks, Ford said.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2021
• The Sienna still tows up to 3500 pounds, and all-wheel drive remains an option, but instead of a driveshaft, there's an electric motor powering the rear axle.
  — Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2020
• Under its shapely, high-strength steel body is a carbon fiber driveshaft and composite rear cross member.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 June 2018
• The most important components carried over from the Daytona to the Shelby were equal-length driveshafts, an excellent answer to the torque-steer problem.
  — Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
• Underbody heat and noise insulators may loosen and contact the aluminum driveshaft, which could damage the driveshaft and cause it to fracture.
  — Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2022
• In went a custom ladder frame, a four-link rear suspension, a nine-inch rear axle, a carbon-fiber driveshaft, a six-speed Tremec manual transmission, and a full roll cage.
  — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 2 Nov. 2017
• From a door handle for a Dino to a driveshaft for a Daytona, everything is meticulously stored and labeled.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 30 July 2021
• EVs don’t have the driveshafts or gears that internal combustion engines need to accelerate from a stop.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• However, the middle spot was uncomfortable even for this five-foot-ten author due to the lower ceiling and the driveshaft tunnel that disrupts foot space.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Nov. 2021
• In addition, Superior makes its own two-piece driveshaft and heavy-duty coil springs.
  — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Aug 2024