There are many types of universal joints that everyone knows. For novices, the best choice is custom universal joints or ask experienced seniors. Today we will talk about ball-and-fork constant velocity joints.

Ball fork-type constant velocity universal joint is a universal joint composed of a ball fork with a raceway and a steel ball. Among them, the arc groove raceway ball fork universal joint refers to a universal joint in which the ball raceway on the sphere is an arc type. The joint structure is characterized by arc grooves formed on the driving fork and the driven fork of the ball fork. After the two are assembled, four steel ball raceways are formed, and a total of 4 steel balls are accommodated in the raceways. The centering steel ball is installed in the spherical groove in the center of the driving fork and the driven fork. Straight groove raceway ball fork universal joint refers to a universal joint in which the steel ball raceway on the ball fork is a straight groove raceway type. Its structural feature is that straight grooves are made on the two ball forks, and each straight groove is inclined to the centerline of the shaft, and the inclination angles are the same and symmetric to each other. There are 4 steel balls in the raceway between the two ball forks.

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