System Components: Notes

The drive train for all three gearboxes consists of the same elements. A final drive, offset to the left of the center line of the vehicle by varying amounts. An intermediate shaft connects to the right hand side of the final drive with a support bearing at its outer end. The support bearing is fixed by a bracket and bolts to the engine block lower and ladder rail and incorporates the inner joint. This configuration in effect gives two drive shafts of equal length. The benefit of this is to reduce drive shaft derived torque steer that can be a problem on front wheel drive cars with un-equal length drive shafts.