Driving Thrust

• Thrust means Force

 

• We know that the power produced by the engine is transmitted ultimately to the road wheels

 

• This driving force causes the thrust to be produced at the road wheels which is called 

  Driving thrust

 

• The driving thrust so produced has to be transmitted from the axle casing to the chassis 

  frame and the body of the vehicle 

 

• This is done by some form of members connecting the axle casing and the chassis frame 

  in the longitudinal direction 

 

• Leaf springs, Radius rods, Panhard rods etc are used for this purpose ( Refer Figure)