The constant velocity of your car also known as CV joints that are mostly used for transferring the power to the wheels from the transmission. In the joints, the power is transmitted at a constant speed without affecting the rotated angle joints exist between the driveshaft and wheels. The CV joints are generally found in the front wheel drive cars, but the new rear wheel drive cars have a separate rear suspension. Here the given slides will help you to identify the different types of constant velocity joints in your car.

1. What are the Different
Types of Constant-Velocity
Joints in your Car

2. The constant velocity is also
known as CV joints which are
used to transfer the power to the
wheels from the transmission.

3. Here the power is transmitted at
a consistent speed of rotation
and not affected by rotating
angled joints exist between the
driveshaft and wheels.

4. Generally, you will find the CV
joints virtually in all front wheel
drive cars. But most of the new
rear wheel drive cars have a
separate rear suspension.

5. Thus, the constant velocity joints
are generally found in the two
front wheel cars and those joints
will back to two tires.

6. Here are the different types of
CV joints that can help your car
in many ways

7. Fixed and plunge
joints

8. The plunge joint is the inboard
joints and the fixed joint is an
outboard joint. These types of joint
are placed within the front-wheel-
drive applications.

9. Generally, the fixed plunge
joints will do most of the works
because it can tolerate the bigger
operating angles for steering the
wheel.

10. Thus, the rear wheel drive
applications have an
independent rear suspension, so
each axle shaft has one plunge
joint.

11. As a result, you can immensely
use the plunge joints at one end
of the axle shafts or somehow in
both the ends.

12. Tripod and ball-type
plunge joints

13. The tripod plunge joints are
contained three trunnions that
have needle bearings with
spherical rollers.

14. They also have an outer housing cause
the roller tracks to be completely inside
of it. It can be used in the front -wheel
drive inner plunge joints.

15. The ball type plunge joints
come in two different styles, one
is the cross groove joints and
another one is the double-offset.

16. It contains outer housing which
is doughnut-shaped and flat
with angles grooves. Later the
outer housing turned into
cylindrical with straight
grooves.

17. Rzeppa CV joints
Rzeppa CV joints

18. The most CV joints are Rzeppa
gets its name by the name of an
engineer H.Rzeppa who
invented this joint.

19. It contains six spherical balls on
its joints for reducing its
operating angles by 50% and its
teeth do not transmit the torque
across the joint.

20. These spherical balls are
secured in their locations by
taking the help of small
windows inside of a cage
assembly.

21. The way the Rzeppa CV joints
works is similar to a bevel gear.
Instead in the outer and inner
housing, it can move forward
against each of their tracks.

22. Tripod CV joints

23. All the interior end of the drive
shafts has a tripod joint that
allows transmitting the power
regardless of whether there is
angle shifting.

24. In general, the tripod CV joints
can be included with a three-
legged spider with mounted on
the barrel like rollers.

25. These rollers go into the cup
with the three matching grooves
and all are connected to a
differentially.

26. These barrel like rollers contain
the mount that has the ability to
slide forward and backward on
its tracks within the tulip.

27. Fixed tripod joints
Fixed tripod joints

28. The front wheel drive cars use a
fixed tripod joint as an outer
joint that outer housing has the
trunnion mounted onto it.

29. Thus, the input shaft of the fixed
tripod joints has an open tulip in
which three different rollers
bearings will turn against.

30. However, these joints are held
together by a steel spider that
locks them in its proper places.

31. Conclusion

32. Although there are different
types of constant-velocity joints
available in the market. If you
have a damaged CV joint, then
replace it.

33. You need to replace the CV
joints of your car by diagnosing
the number of joints worn out at
a time.

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