Four-wheel drive and diesel engines are two of the most common options ordered in ¾- and 1-ton trucks—but that wasn’t always the case. For decades, American-made pickups relied on two-wheel drive to ...

Henry Ford's method of locating the beam front axles in his early cars consisted of a triangulated arrangement comprising the wishbone and a beam axle, with a transverse leaf spring. The spring was ...

When HOT ROD’s gasser front axle tech story was originally published in April of 1967, gassers were a major draw in the hot-rodding world, and Blair’s Speed Shop in Pasadena, California, was at its ...

Having put considerable off-road miles on it, we think the new Jeep JL Wrangler is one heck of an off-roader right out of the box, no doubt about it. As you may have already seen, the aftermarket has ...

Kenworth Class 8 trucks are now standard with the lightweight, Meritor MFS+ front steer axle series for linehaul applications. The new axle is available in standard and wide track configurations, with ...

Discover how the Lamborghini Huracan's innovative front axle lift system works to prevent those nerve-wracking scrapes that ...