Rear Axle - Mitsubishi LANCER EVOLUTION-VII 2001 Technical Information Manual

REAR AXLE

The rear axle consists of rear hubs, wheel bearings,
drive shafts, and rear differentialand, it has the
following features.
The wheel bearing is a unit bearing (double-row
D
angular contact ball bearing).
NOTE
1. B.J.: Birfield Joint
2. T.J.: Tripod Joint
SPECIFICATIONS
Item
Wheel bearing type
Wheel
bearings g
Bearing (outside diameter × inside diameter) mm
Drive Joint type
shaft shaft
Shaft length*
mm mm
NOTE
1
* : The shaft length indicates the length between the center points of each joint.
STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM
Differential carrier
DRIVETRAIN -
Outside
Inside
1
Left
× Shaft diameter
Right
Oil seal
Drive shaft
Rear Axle
The drive shaft incorporates B.J.-T.J. type
D
constant velocity joints with high transmission
efficiency and low vibration and noise.
ABS rotors for detecting the wheel speeds are
D
press-fitted to the B.J. outer wheels in vehicles
with ACD or ABS.
Vehicles without AYC
Unit bearing (Double-row angular contact ball
bearing)
78 × 40
B.J.
T.J.
483 × 25
573 × 25
T.J.
B.J.
2-29
Vehicles with AYC
426 × 25
446 × 25
Rear hub