Patent ID: 7771283

Claim:
A propeller shaft assembly, comprising: a stub shaft; a propeller shaft fixed to a first end of said stub shaft for common rotation about a first rotary axis; and a constant velocity joint having an inner race fixed to a second end of said stub shaft for rotation about said first rotary axis and an outer race rotatable about a second rotary axis that is angulated relative to said first rotary axis, said outer race is axially moveable relative to said inner race between first and second positions wherein one of said second end of said stub shaft and an end portion of said inner race includes a reduced diameter segment that is retained within a counterbore formed in the other of said second end of said stub shaft and said end portion of said inner race; and wherein said end portion of said inner race includes said reduced diameter segment that is in press-fit engagement with said counterbore formed in said second end of said stub shaft.