VEHICLE WITH A DRIVE SHAFT PASSING THROUGH AN ENGINE

摘要

A vehicle has a transmission detachably connected to an engine easing. The engine crankshaft includes a drive pulley connected via a belt to a driven pulley in the transmission, thus providing a continuously variable transmission between th e engine crankshaft and the transmission. The transmission is operatively connected t 0 a tear drive shaft for delivering torque via a rear differential to the rear wheels and is selectively connected, for four-wheel-drive traction, to a front drive shaft which delivers torque via a front differential to the front wheels. The front drive shaft passes through the engine casing, passing above the oil pan and between the crankshaft counterweights of a piston of the engine.