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Used Toyota Avensis Axle
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About Axle
The term axle is loosely used to describe the shaft or two half shafts connected to transverse wheels. It can be a load bearing shaft or a shaft that drives the wheels on a Avensis Toyota.
On a rear wheel drive vehicle, the power to the wheels comes from a propeller shaft which runs under the centre of the vehicle, front to back, from the gearbox to the differential drive which is located centrally between the two rear wheels. The differential is a set of cogs which turns the drive rotation ninety degrees to each back wheel. The Differential, through the clever design and setup of the cogs, allows the rear wheels to rotate at different speeds necessary when the vehicle is turning. The term rear axle can refer to the complete set of two half shafts or half axles and the differential.
On front wheel drive vehicles there are two half shaft/axles connected from a differential usually combined in the gearbox via constant velocity joints which allow the front wheels to rotate for steering the vehicle while under torque from the rotating shaft/axle. These CV joints are usually encased in a rubber sleeve containing lubricant grease. The rear wheels of the front wheel drive vehicle have stub axles which are usually short and part of an independent suspension system on each rear wheel.
Toyota Avensis trivia
- The name for the first generation Toyota Avensis in Argentina is the Toyota Corona!
- The Euro NCAP safety testing rating is key to the success of the Toyota Avensis. In 2003, the car was the first-ever Japanese model to get a five-star rating, and at the time, it was the highest-rated vehicle for safety that NCAP had tested.
- The name Avensis comes from the French word avancer, which means to advance. However, in Latin, the word Avensis also means to carry away.
- The best ever year for the Toyota Avensis in terms of sales was in 2004 when it saw an impressive 142,535 units sold across Europe. There were a few positive blips after that, but sales gradually reduced until 2019, when only 897 were sold in Europe.
- The second-generation Toyota Avensis came fourth in the European Car of the Year award in 2004, but won the Semperit Irish Car of the Year, as well as the What Car? Best Family Car in both 2004 and 2005.