How to Use driveshaft in a Sentence

driveshaft

noun
  • Lifting one end off the ground still leaves one driveshaft spinning.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
  • So the team had to beef up the car’s suspension, steering, driveshaft and brakes.
    — Thomas Peipert, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2022
  • So the team had to beef up the car's suspension, steering, driveshaft and brakes.
    — Thomas Peipert, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Jacquot hoped that these lighter, smaller tires would give our axles and driveshafts a better chance at survival.
    — Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2016
  • The clutch in turn twists an aluminum-and-ceramic-matrix driveshaft.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • There's no driveshaft, just like in other all-wheel-drive Toyota/Lexus hybrids.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 20 May 2022
  • 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
  • Under its shapely, high-strength steel body is a carbon fiber driveshaft and composite rear cross member.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 June 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • There’s no weighty secondary driveshaft, no center differential between the front and rear axles.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
  • The motor adds to the torque delivered from the four-cylinder via the conventional driveshaft.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 23 May 2022
  • Under the car, there are diffusers on the rear lower wishbones, and Porsche has improved brake and driveshaft cooling.
    — Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
  • So instead, the CV joint, driveshaft, and reduction gear all move into a new unit mounted in the wheel.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 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
  • 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
  • In addition, Superior makes its own two-piece driveshaft and heavy-duty coil springs.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Build a driveshaft for the second season, which was growing from a flickering hope to an alarming likelihood.
    — Debora Cahn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Hub motors do a lot to simplify an EV powertrain, as there's no need for any driveshaft or gearing.
    — Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Each rear half shaft is connected to the driveshaft with a dedicated clutchpack that determines how much torque each wheel receives.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2021
  • To stiffen its body, the roadster gets additional carbon-fiber bracing in its driveshaft tunnel and under its hood.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 6 July 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The new in-wheel powertrain could cut up to 1,102 pounds from future EVs by removing rear brakes and driveshafts.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Out of necessity, Ford’s designers placed a tunnel in the frame of their combustion vehicles to make room for exhaust pipes and a driveshaft.
    — Joshua Davis, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2010
  • 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

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