Instead, half-shaft axles fitted with constant velocity joints raised ride height without the wild changes in camber of the Beetle-based swing axle suspension.
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The total market for its constant velocity joints rose 2 percent last year while GKN's market share rose to 35 percent from 34 percent.
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For GKN, mufflers are a sideline to its auto parts business, which increasingly is focusing on constant velocity joints, a key component in auto transmissions.
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In Zhuzhou ( Hunan province ) : Delphi Norinco Lingyun Shaft Co . Ltd ., established in 1995, produces constant velocity joints and half shafts.
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Then, in their final joint venture that year, the company, in conjunction with Taiwan Yulon Group Corporation, created Guangzhou NTN-Yulon Drivetrain to fabricate additional constant velocity joints.
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It also will slightly boost GKN's global market share in constant velocity joints, a driveline part that transmits the power from a vehicle's engine to its wheels.
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As GKN Driveline its constant velocity joints take near 50 per cent of the world market and Driveline employs 22, 000 people at 46 locations across 23 countries.
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The constant velocity joint used to make modern articulated drive shafts was unheard of as yet and even the simpler Hooke-type universal joint wasn't yet in common use.
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However, by the late 1980s, with extensive Japanese competition in both the axle and constant velocity joint business, the company started selling off its steel and fasteners businesses.
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The rear brake calipers and rotors were also changed and the drive shafts ( half shafts ) were upgraded from universal joints to constant velocity joints on certain models.
