If you have driven for a while, you have probably heard a mechanic or do-it-yourselfer use the term "universal joint." Often they'll include the name of this mechanical part in a car in a statement ...

Smooth driveability and reliability depend on having a driveshaft and universal joints in good repair. A Mustang's driveline is something you want to know is there without being able to feel it. When ...

Early ideas of universal joints (or U-joints) have dated back thousands of years and seem to originate from multiple sources. However, about a century ago, a young engineering graduate, Clarence W.