GKN Motorsport has been developing advanced products for world champions throughout the last decade.

Our extensive product range includes super lightweight material hollow barshafts with rolled splines, easy motion plunging CV joints, uprated Tripode joints, advanced wheel hubs in titanium or steel with internal tripode tracks, lightweight titanium and steel propshafts with high performance UJs and high speed CV joints.

GKN Driveline also offer a range of performance products for the 4x4 market including uprated driveshafts, differentials, suspensions together with overdrive gearboxes offering reduced engine noise & improved fuel economy for LR Defender, Mitsubishi L200 & Shogun.

Cardan Joints & Shafts

GKN's unique experience in the design, manufacture and service of propshafts has been fully exploited to produce high performance motorsport shafts.

Traditional steel designs have been reduced in weight; the transmission of vibration has been overcome by the use of sophisticated diaphragm centre bearings and specialised torsional couplings. The Universal joints have been upgraded with special close tolerance bearing designs, combined with advanced thrust bearings and multi-lip seals. All this work allows more choice to the car designer – for track racing this technology allows a smaller joint to be used, for the rally and endurance events it permits higher speeds and more power without weight penalties.

High-speed GKN Constant Velocity joints have been developed to overcome higher installation angles. This advanced shaft concept has also been extended by the use of specialist materials, with aluminium, or titanium replacing the steel. Even in the area of extra light composite fibre shafts these alloy designs can offer similar performance with superior impact resistance.

Constant Velocity Joints, Shafts & Boot Kits

In its International Research Centres, GKN Driveline is developing new CVJs designed to reduce weight, minimise NVH and improve safety, this technology is being combined with advances in materials technology to provide real advantage to the leading race teams.

The variety of CV Joint designs available from GKN makes it possible for our experienced motorsport Engineers to provide the optimum solution, balancing the demands of speed, torque and environment with the need for high transmission efficiency and low weight. For endurance the choice of lubricant and sealing is critical, that is why GKN have worked with leading specialists to produce motorsport specification lubricants and sealing boots.

If your next project demands superior performance talk to the specialists at GKN Motorsport.