Steer Axles for Forklifts

Forklift Steer Axle - The definition of an axle is a central shaft for revolving a wheel or a gear. Where wheeled motor vehicles are concerned, the axle itself could be attached to the wheels and turn with them. In this instance, bearings or bushings are provided at the mounting points where the axle is supported. On the other hand, the axle can be fixed to its surroundings and the wheels can in turn rotate all-around the axle. In this particular case, a bearing or bushing is situated inside the hole within the wheel to be able to allow the gear or wheel to turn around the axle.

When referring to cars and trucks, several references to the word axle co-occur in casual usage. Usually, the word means the shaft itself, a transverse pair of wheels or its housing. The shaft itself revolves along with the wheel. It is normally bolted in fixed relation to it and called an 'axle' or an 'axle shaft'. It is equally true that the housing around it which is generally known as a casting is also called an 'axle' or at times an 'axle housing.' An even broader definition of the word means every transverse pair of wheels, whether they are attached to one another or they are not. Therefore, even transverse pairs of wheels in an independent suspension are generally called 'an axle.'

In a wheeled vehicle, axles are an essential part. With a live-axle suspension system, the axles work in order to transmit driving torque to the wheel. The axles also maintain the position of the wheels relative to one another and to the vehicle body. In this particular system the axles must also be able to support the weight of the vehicle plus whatever cargo. In a non-driving axle, like the front beam axle in several two-wheel drive light vans and trucks and in heavy-duty trucks, there would be no shaft. The axle in this particular situation serves just as a steering component and as suspension. Various front wheel drive cars consist of a solid rear beam axle.

There are various types of suspension systems where the axles work just to transmit driving torque to the wheels. The position and angle of the wheel hubs is a function of the suspension system. This is usually found in the independent suspension found in nearly all new SUV's, on the front of many light trucks and on the majority of new cars. These systems still consist of a differential but it does not have attached axle housing tubes. It can be attached to the vehicle body or frame or likewise can be integral in a transaxle. The axle shafts then transmit driving torque to the wheels. The shafts in an independent suspension system are similar to a full floating axle system as in they do not support the motor vehicle weight.

Last of all, in reference to a motor vehicle, 'axle,' has a more ambiguous definition. It means parallel wheels on opposing sides of the vehicle, regardless of their mechanical connection type to one another and the vehicle frame or body.


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