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Used Volkswagen Passat Axle
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About Axle
The term axle is loosely used to describe the shaft or two half shafts connected to transverse wheels. It can be a load bearing shaft or a shaft that drives the wheels on a Passat Volkswagen.
On a rear wheel drive vehicle, the power to the wheels comes from a propeller shaft which runs under the centre of the vehicle, front to back, from the gearbox to the differential drive which is located centrally between the two rear wheels. The differential is a set of cogs which turns the drive rotation ninety degrees to each back wheel. The Differential, through the clever design and setup of the cogs, allows the rear wheels to rotate at different speeds necessary when the vehicle is turning. The term rear axle can refer to the complete set of two half shafts or half axles and the differential.
On front wheel drive vehicles there are two half shaft/axles connected from a differential usually combined in the gearbox via constant velocity joints which allow the front wheels to rotate for steering the vehicle while under torque from the rotating shaft/axle. These CV joints are usually encased in a rubber sleeve containing lubricant grease. The rear wheels of the front wheel drive vehicle have stub axles which are usually short and part of an independent suspension system on each rear wheel.
Volkswagen Passat trivia
- If you tow a trailer regularly, then you may already know that the Volkswagen Passat was the first car in the world to come with Trailer Assist.
- The Volkswagen Passat is a very popular fleet car, and it is estimated that as much as 80% of all Passat sales are going to be used as part of a fleet.
- The Volkswagen Passat unveiled at the 2014 Paris Motor Show came as an estate or saloon, but both models were lighter, lower, and shorter than previous versions. They also had a lot more leg and headroom.
- Volkswagen is usually pretty slick with their marketing, but the car company misunderstood the mockumentary. This is Spinal Tap. They thought they were tapping into the mainstream rock world when they hired Spinal Tap star Christopher Guest to stand on top of a Passat and play the guitar. The ad became something of a joke and a blemish on VW’s public perception.
- The Volkswagen Passat was launched in October 2014, and since that date, there have been 22 million units sold. Of those, 442,000 Passats have been sold in the UK.