The engines themselves were not connected to the propeller shafts.
The propeller shaft was already spinning at nearly top speed.
A bad stress upon the propeller shaft and its bearings.
The final drive was by propeller shaft to the single rear wheel.
The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
The ship was driven by six engines each with their own propeller shaft.
There was a rudder both above and below the propeller shaft.
The propeller shaft is still visible under the collapsed hull.
However, the propeller shaft itself was not served by the system and four grease points required "attention every 1,000 miles".
The boat started leaking near the propeller shaft during a storm.
This system was necessary due to the way the engine sat on a platform above the drive shaft.
The central drive shaft was run by the steam engine.
This type of joint has also been used on drive shafts.
Another fifteen minutes and the main drive shaft will seize up.
In some cases a longer drive shaft is used on one side.
The boat has both hybrid and diesel power working on the same drive shaft.
A single drive shaft is going through the section to the tail.
The output for the front drive shaft is on the left side.
He was driving off road and hit a huge rock which actually broke the drive shaft of his car.
The two crew members, the driver on the left, sat in the forward compartment, the drive shaft between them.