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propeller shaft
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propeller shaft
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the shaft that transmits power from the gearbox to the differential gear in a motor vehicle or from the engine to the propeller in a ship or aircraft


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With its engines built by Rolls Royce in Derby and the prop-shaft converters built by Converteam in Rugby, the heart of this ship has been built in the heart of England.
The inquest heard a 300-metre long trail of oil from a broken prop-shaft on a different lorry had leaked on to the road more than an hour before the collision.
Pat was an engineer with multinational GKN Driveline, specialists in prop-shaft assembly and repair, until the Hillington operation was closed down last summer.
 
 
 
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