Years ago, Kevin Maher dated his wife in a classic Dodge Challenger. Ten years ago, Maher, now retired and living in Rosemary Beach, Florida, was looking to get back into cars now that finances and ...

Repairing a broken CV joint on a drive shaft involves precise steps and attention to detail. The process begins with safely lifting the vehicle and removing the damaged components. The broken CV joint ...

With nearly 50,000 on- and off-road miles on our '07 Wrangler Rubicon you could say we know it pretty well. As somewhat expected, around 5,000 miles after lifting our two-door JK 4 inches we smelled ...

As automotive enthusiasts, most of us are familiar with the parts needed to make an engine more powerful, a transmission shift harder, or even the rear axle gear ratio required for maximum ...

Driveshafts and axleshafts transmit power farther down your drivetrain. In both cases, this path is not a fixed one. The driveshaft changes angle based on suspension movement, and the path of power ...

Conventional wisdom typically sets no time or mileage interval to replace drive-axle boots, which are more commonly known as CV-joint boots (“CV” being short for “constant velocity”). Although they ...

Universal joints allow drive shafts to move up and down with the suspension while the shaft is moving so power can be transmitted when the drive shaft isn’t in a straight line between the transmission ...

We surveyed mechanics from around the country to get real-world estimates of how much you can expect to spend repairing your axles, and average costs ranged from $287 for an axle shaft seal repair to ...

A drive shaft also known as a propeller shaft and sometimes referred to as a transmission output shaft is a vital component of your vehicle’s drivetrain. Ashraf Mutaasa Kafeero, a mechanic, defines a ...