Drive Shaft Velocity

[Richard 2]

Most of this is Drive Shaft 101, But it is pretty cool to to see the difference between good alignment and bad on this Demo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmV4qwLfOMY

Richard 2

[Rex Schimmer]

That is a great vid showing the speed variations in drive lines that use U joints. One thing to remember is that once there is an angle in the U joints that not only does the velocity of the drive shaft vary as a sine function but the torque also varies as a sine function and this is one of the reasons why you need a large diameter drive shaft regardless of the amount of HP you may have.

Rex

[Richard 2]

This video has some interesting facts about CV Joints.  And the Thompson CV is neat to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEvaOg7glKk

Richard2

[entropy]

This video has some interesting facts about CV Joints.  And the Thompson CV is neat to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEvaOg7glKk

Richard2

richard 2,
thanks much for the link to the vid.  I learned something, yup!
karl