How to Use axle in a Sentence

axle

noun
Definition of axlenext
  • There are two on the front axle and one on the rear, to deliver torque vectoring and all-wheel drive.
    — Jason Barlow, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
  • These units had incorrect axle, rims, and tires installed during production.
    — Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The all-wheel-drive system can send up to 70% of torque to the rear axle, and all of that to either wheel for maximum traction.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021
  • In front-drive vehicles, this unloads the powered front axle, reducing launch traction.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The ultra-small cams rotate 720 degrees, wrapping the crossbow string and cables around the cam and cam axle.
    — Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
  • The man said the EZ loader, single-axle, galvanized boat trailer went missing two days ago.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Both current and future electric vehicles that are capable of driving all four wheels use at least one motor on each axle, and often one motor per wheel.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The welds that attach the suspension mounts and torque rod mounts to the rear axle may have been insufficiently welded, possibly causing the welds to break.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Electric motors are typically made up of coiled lobes of wire attached to the motor’s axle, and surrounded by magnets through which electricity flows.
    — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Lift your torso tall, straighten the curve of your spine and rotate your pelvis backward — imagine an axle sticking straight out of your hip bone and rotate your hip around it, so that the front comes up and the back goes down.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2021
  • To keep the rear axle's motions in check, Shelby fits the Baja with Fox 2.5-inch Fox external bypass dampers.
    — Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Each model will be equipped with two battery packs that hold up to 83.7-kWh of energy and two permanent-magnet synchronous motors, one on each axle.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2021
  • When the wheels had a chance to fully hop off the axles.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The all-wheel drive system can send 10%-50% of torque to the rear axle.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The Apex has a skewer here, which is used to clamp the axle in place.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Four-wheel drive locks the speeds of the front and rear axles together.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Align the splines on the inside of the wheel with the gear on the end of the drive axle and push the wheel onto the mower.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The car’s axle was bent and an airbag had been deployed.
    — cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The crash was so violent that the rear axle was ripped off the van.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The pack's thin cells form the Lyriq's belly pan and span the area between the front and rear axles.
    — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
  • This is the portion of the end of each rail car’s axle that rests on the assembly of the wheels.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The Eastside is the axle from which the rest of L.A.’s Latino power wheel springs.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The new Ghosts have all-wheel drive, air springs, and rear-axle steering.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Three or more axle trucks cannot use the express lanes.
    — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The train’s first axle came off the track south of the airport station’s Metro platform.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The wheel mounting surface of the axle flange may be warped and cause the wheel studs to fracture.
    — Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2021
  • The lock nut on the trailing arm of the rear axle may break due to stress corrosion.
    — USA TODAY, 13 May 2021
  • And a middle axle is added to create a true six-wheel drive.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The front is still a straight solid axle, which is typical for the ’30s.
    — Jack Hagemann, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2021
  • The new 850 horsepower powertrain uses Rivian’s new in-house Enduro motors, with one in the front axle and two in the rear axle.
    — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2024

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