Patent ID: 6726571
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A driveshaft for a snowmobile comprising:an elongated hollow tube having a longitudinal extent and having a series of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending splines, said tube having a first end having a driving insert for journal mounting said first end, a second end having a driven insert for journal mounting said second end, and a middle section having said splines formed thereon and extending between said first and second end, said first end having a first diameter, said second end having a second diameter greater than said first diameter and said middle section having a third diameter greater than said first diameter and less than said second diameter, and a pair of sprockets mounted on said tube in a spaced relation, each of said sprockets having an inner hub having an inner circumferential surface contoured to complementarily engage with said tube in a frictional fit.