Section 30 (Front Axle -- Except Evolution): General Description: Notes

The front axle consists of front hubs, knuckles, wheel bearings and driveshafts, and it has the following features:

• The wheel bearing is a double-row angular contact ball bearing which incorporates the oil seals and is highly resistant to a thrust load.
• The driveshaft incorporates BJ-TJ type constant velocity joints < Vehicles without center bearing >, EBJ-ETJ < Vehicles with center bearing > with high transmission efficiency and low vibration and noise.
• The dynamic dampers have been mounted on the right and left driveshafts < Vehicles without center bearing >, left driveshaft < Vehicles with center bearing > to reduce vibration.
• Due to the use of the inner shaft and bracket assembly, the right and left drive shafts are approximately the same in length. This reduces noise, vibration and torque steer. < Vehicles with center bearing >
• ABS rotors for detecting the wheel speeds are press-fitted to the BJ < Vehicles without center bearing >, EBJ < Vehicles with center bearing > in vehicles with ABS.