What is the name of an excavator tire?
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Excavator tires are called drive wheels. The engine's power is transmitted to the tracks through the drive wheels, which drive the tracks to wind and unwind, thereby moving other wheels and enabling the excavator to roll forward or backward on the ground. The drive wheel is the wheel that converts the energy from the vehicle's engine into kinetic energy, allowing the vehicle to move backward or forward. When the vehicle moves forward, the drive wheels are the two front wheels, while the two rear wheels are the passive wheels. Transmission device location: The transmission device for the drive wheels is located at the end of the vehicle's drivetrain. Its function is to transmit torque from the differential's side gears to the drive wheels. The structural form of the drive wheel transmission device is closely related to the structure of the drive axle. In a split-type drive axle and a steering drive axle, the drive wheel transmission device includes a half-shaft and a universal joint transmission device, often using constant-velocity universal joints. Half-shaft: In a typical non-split drive axle, the drive wheel transmission device is the half-shaft, which connects the differential's side gears to the wheel hub. In a drive axle equipped with a wheel-side reducer, the drive wheel transmission device should also include the wheel-side reducer. In this case, the half-shaft connects the side gears to the drive gear of the wheel-side reducer.
