Tripod Joint
Tripod Joint is used at the inboard end of car driveshafts, it enables power transmission even in case of angle shifting. Tripod Joint has needle bearing / barrel-shaped rollers mounted on a three-legged spider / three-pointed yoke, instead of balls bearings. These fit into a cup with three matching grooves, attached to the differential. The rollers are mounted at 120-degrees to one another and slide back and forth in tracks in an outer “tulip” housing.
This three-legged spider with tripod has only limited operating angles, but is able to plunge in and out with a longer distance as the suspension moves. A typical Tripod joint has up to 50 mm of plunge travel, and 26 degrees of angular articulation.
![Tripod Type Inner CV Joint Tripod Type Inner CV Joint](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_9JXa_7Z4vT0/TYbzBzMWI3I/AAAAAAAAInM/a8ZTRl-3TH8/s800/Tripod-Type-Inner-CV-Joint.jpg)
Tripod Type Inner CV Joint
![Tripod Joint](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_9JXa_7Z4vT0/TYR7qkZb52I/AAAAAAAAInI/kdxzc6n0Ijk/s800/tripod-joints.png)
Tripod Joint
How does Tripod Joint works? Tripod joint animation in solidworks.
I have a 91 toyota camry and im trying to figure out if i can replace the housing tripod or will i have to replace the entire transmission, i have the bell type.
Link | March 10th, 2013 at 2:14 am
Inner joint apart when installing struts - Maxima Forums wrote:
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Link | February 29th, 2016 at 6:34 pm
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Link | July 14th, 2017 at 7:13 pm
Can I get to which is more efficient in an off road vehicle. The cv joint or the tripod joints. Or any other drive shafts.
Link | August 1st, 2017 at 9:30 am
2009 Merc. Sable Premier AWD i pulled the inner cv joint
apart when changing strut forgot to take axle nut off, can i buy a new boot and grease and put it back together?
Link | July 29th, 2020 at 7:35 am