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Types Of vehicle Drive Mechanisms

 Drive Mechanisms: A brief explanation

Before knowing about the drive mechanism,let us understand what do we mean by a DRIVE....

DRIVE  is the arrangement (or position) of engine and transmission system in various ways. There are four types of Drives:                                       1.Front Engine Rear wheel Drive.
                   2 Front Engine Front Wheel Drive.
                   3.Rear Engine and Rear wheel Drive
                   4.Four Wheel Drive.

1. Front Engine Rear Wheel Drive:

                            

This is the most common type of arrangement in 4 wheeled Automobile. Here, engine is positioned in front portion and drive is in back wheel which means the back wheel gets the power during transmission via clutch, gearbox and differential using propeller shaft.

2.Front Engine Front Wheel Drive:            

This type of transmission consists of an Engine in front Portion and unlike the previous type, it has the power supplied to front wheels. Which means the movement of the vehicle is achieved by transmission system via clutch,gear box and differential through Short shafts to front wheels.Propeller Shaft is not used in this system.


3.Rear Engine Rear Wheel Drive:   

                  

In this type of arrangement the Engine is placed in the rear portion of the vehicle and like the previous type it does not require a propeller shaft because the engine is placed adjacent to the wheel which is driven.The engine,clutch and gear box transmits the power to rear wheel with short shaft assembly.

4.Four Wheel Drive:


In this type the Engine is in front portion. The transmission is through different shaft to all four wheels.
unlike the three types mentioned above, all four wheels are driven in this type of system. Here, the transmission system is place in centre (or middle),where one shaft takes the trasmission to forward axle and other to rear axle.






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