final drive

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English

Noun

final drive (plural final drives)

  1. (machinery, industrial equipment) The final gear train between the transmission and the ground. In automotive and heavy equipment, this is the differential gear and axle assembly that turns the wheels or track sprockets.
    • 1950 October, “S.R. Diesel-Mechanical Shunter”, in Railway Magazine, page 692:
      Final drive is by reduction gears on the jackshaft, and through flycranks and rods to the wheels.