OEM Audi Drive Shafts Online

Your Audi car or SUV wouldn't be much more than a piece of art if it weren't for the drive shaft. Also known as a drivetrain, it's the component that takes the torque and rotation of the engine and transfers it -- through the transmission -- to a differential that moves your wheels. How it does that, and which wheels it powers initially, depends on the type of drive shaft your vehicle features.

The Types of Drive Shaft

There are four: front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, four-wheel drive, or all-wheel drive. These days, front-wheel drive is the most common. In this kind, all of the drive shaft parts are placed up front. Constant velocity, or CV, joints connect the pieces to the differential.

With rear-wheel drive, the back wheels move things. That means that a long drive shaft connects the transmission to the differential using universal joints, also known as U-joints.

Four-wheel drive and all-wheel drive systems are set up in much the same way. They both rely on all four wheels receiving power, so they have a pair of drive shafts installed -- one up front and another in the rear. This system depends on U-joints to connect the front drive shaft to the front differential and a transfer case, with the rear shaft set up like that used for a rear-wheel drive system.

How to Spot Drive Shaft Problems

Either wear and tear or advanced age can cause drive shaft components to eventually go bad, though. Signs of trouble include:

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