Patent ID: 6632144
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B60K,B62K,B62M

Abstract:
An output shaft structure for a shaft drive vehicle, comprising:an output shaft for transmitting the output of a longitudinally mounted engine to both a front wheel side and a rear wheel side, said output shaft being connectably divided into a front wheel side shaft portion and a rear wheel side shaft portion; a first needle bearing supporting a front end portion of the front wheel side shaft portion; a ball bearing supporting a front end portion of the rear wheel side shaft portion; and a second needle bearing supporting a rear end portion of the rear wheel side shaft portion, wherein said front end portion of the rear wheel side shaft portion that passes forwardly of a crankcase of the engine through said ball bearing and projects into a housing space enclosing the front wheel side shaft portion, and wherein the front end portion of the rear wheel side shaft portion is fitted into a hole at a rear end of the front wheel side shaft portion.