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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
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Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology

by M.J. Nunney
March 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
514 pages
33h 25m
English
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Content preview from Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology
FINAL DRIVES AND REAR AXLES 335
ments for the fully floating hubs of some heavy vehicles
is an interference-fit wear sleeve. This fits over the end
of the axle tube and thus permits easy replacement of
the axle sealing surface whenever the oil seal requires
renewing.
20.7
HEAVY-VEHICLE REAR AXLES
Single-speed double-reduction axles
The development of higher-speed engines for heavy
vehicles, which began in the early 1950s in America and
then spread elsewhere, generally dictated proportion-
ally lower (numerically higher) axle ratios. These were
necessary to provide a greater final reduction in speed
between the engine and road wheels in direc ...
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ISBN: 9781483105062