universal joint , also: U-joint

Somewhere in most vehicles there is something called a universal joint.

There is a universal joint in the handle of the machine, and any one can soon learn to use it.

Model year 2010 and later Rams use larger universal joints than the 2003-2009 models.

It consists of three arms connected to universal joints at the base.

The floors are all suspended upon universal joints in order to maintain a normal level.

Obviously, you should avoid being drawn into a long philosophical discussion about universal joints.

Gear couplings and universal joints are used in similar applications.

The top link is the driving half-shaft with a universal joint at each end.

It uses a universal joint in the center that allows the wheels to move independently of each other.

In turn, the frames were attached to the firewall by universal joints.

It had a single universal joint immediately behind the engine/gear-box unit.

Whatever it is, you can get a lot of mileage out of "universal joint."

Also beefed up were the universal joints and axle components.

All he has left, he says, is his Cadillac, "and that needs a universal joint."

The birdies sit on a universal joint and thus will point in the direction of the relative wind.

It consisted of a single center section and two outer sections installed using four universal joints.

An advantage to this type of coupling, as compared to two universal joints, is its compact size.

The tube, second mirror box, and universal joint survived.

The rotor must be driven through a set of universal joints or other mechanisms to allow for the movement.

If the second universal joint is rotated 90 degrees with respect to the first, then .

Limped the vehicle into the park, where it took the rest of the day for a local garage to replace a universal joint.

Bearings ground against a fluid universal joint and shed vibrations into the whole ship.

Suddenly the pink lights of the "Universal Joint," a bar, come on.

However, this arrangement was judged unreliable, and conventional universal joints were fitted beginning in 1941.

The differential is connected to the engine via a swinging drive shaft and a universal joint.