Section 23 (Front Axle): General Description

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The front axle consists of the front hubs, knuckles, drive shaft, wheel bearings, ball joints, front differential, and free wheeling clutch. The features are:

The structural method of press fitting unit bearing into front hub is applied.
The wheel bearing uses a taper roller unit bearing. A rotor for detecting the wheel speed is press-fitted to the UJ outer wheel.
NOTE: DOJ: Double Offset Joint. UJ: Under cut Joint.
Drive shafts incorporate UJ-DOJ-type constant velocity ball joint has high power transmission efficiency and reduces vibration and noise.
A vacuum-type free wheeling clutch has been adopted in the freewheel mechanism. Its solenoid valve and actuator Switch powertrain between RWD and 4WD.
The differential support method is a four-point elastic support method which reduce vibration and noise.