Drivelines

 

 

Moving past your competition is the mobility that Meritor gives you. And, what better example of this mobility can be seen than in Meritor universal joints and driveline components? These components have been linking transmissions and drive axles for trouble-free driving for almost 100 years.

Our durable, low-maintenance driveline components come in a large variety of sizes and configurations with the features and benefits customers demand.

Also included in this section is our range of clutches available in North America through our partnership with Sachs, plus our full range of Meritor transfer cases.

Product Applications

Drivelines for Trucks

Today’s demanding commercial vehicle market requires vehicles that provide a competitive advantage. And reducing cost is always an advantage.

The Meritor Permalube™ (RPL) driveline is greased and sealed for life – both U-joint and slip section. Permanent lubrication eliminates downtime for greasing drivelines, increases fleet efficiency, and reduces operating and maintenance costs. More importantly, the elimination of significant amounts of grease used in normal vehicle maintenance over the life of the truck makes for a better environment.

Building on our proven RN series U-joint design, the Meritor XTended Lube Driveline (MXL™) includes RPL premium sealing technology. Improved seals extend lubrication intervals for both U-joints and slip sections to 100,000 miles for linehaul applications, reducing operating and maintenance costs.

Features and Benefits

We provide our truck drivelines with U-joints equipped with triple-lip seals, keeping lubrication in and contaminants out for longer life.

Our MXL Driveline is the new “standard” for fleets that prefer longer life, extended maintenance intervals and low life cycle costs. Field-proven, internally mounted advanced nitrile seal design ensures that lubrication is protected from contaminants and prevention of water intrusion. The seal shroud incorporated from RPL design improves sealing characteristics while ensuring that retaining seals are securely in place and preventing damage from road debris. Corrosion-resistant seal guard protects and secures the advanced slip seal – providing increased durability over booted designs. The robust, easy-service U-joint retention system eliminates spinning cups. The MXL is compatible with industry-standard yokes for improved parts availability and flexibility for aftermarket conversion.

This is all backed by our three-year, 350,000-mile linehaul warranty and 100,000-mile lubrication intervals for linehaul applications – leading to reduced maintenance costs and downtime, and improved reliability for your fleet.

Our RPL Driveline offers a bearing package with large diameter, precision-tolerance needle bearing for optimum bearing alignment and maximized performance. The RPL is permanently lubricated with our specially formulated wear- and temperature-resistant grease. Steel straps ensure bearing cups are located to precise dimensions. Two piece U-joint thrust washer prevents bearing end galling and absorbs loads for minimized wear and extended lifecycle. And the driveline is retained with four patch lock bolts for simplified installation and ease of service.

 

Clutches for Trucks

At Meritor, we pride ourselves on offering clutch solutions that give our customers every advantage in the marketplace. Our clutch expertise combines lightweight designs with innovative disc technology to offer drivers a more comfortable ride and a better bottom line for your truck fleet. When you need a clutch that gives your customers value-added features, you can rely on Meritor to deliver.

Through our partnership with Sachs, we are proud to offer the Twin XTend™ clutch. Designed to deliver the lowest operating cost-per-mile, the Twin XTend also features patented Self-Adjust technology; no adjustments are ever needed. Pedal effort is kept consistently low, and constant clamp load prevents slippage even under the roughest conditions.

Features and Benefits

Our Self-Adjust technology extends life by maintaining optimum settings with no adjustments ever being needed while our advanced technology, Long Travel Damper (LTD™) disc assembly helps extend clutch and overall drivetrain life by protecting against damaging vibrations.

The completely symmetrical (mirror image) disc design means the discs start out flat and stay flat through the life of the clutch and our patented Controlled Center Plate Release ensures disc separation/complete clutch release, preventing drag problems.

Finally, the ventilated cover housing creates air circulation for cooling to decrease wear and promote long life.

 

Transfer Cases for Trucks

For trucks equipped with high-torque engine and transmission combinations, we offer an extensive line of transfer cases that permit a wide range of customized assembly configurations.

Our single-speed transfer cases provide required grade-ability and power for demanding applications. These transfer cases are ideal for trucks with high-torque diesel engines and deeper-ratio transmissions. Typical applications include: fire trucks, emergency/rescue vehicles, airport/crash trucks, all-wheel-drive conversions, cement mixers, municipal trucks, utility trucks and truck cranes. A full range of yokes or flanges are available.

Meritor two-speed transfer cases are designed to meet the increasing demands of today’s all-wheel-drive market. With designs for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 vehicles, Meritor has the ideal transfer case to meet your operation’s needs.

Features and Benefits

Our single-speed transfer cases embody a modular design concept to maximize  drain plugs. Triple-lip sealing ensures that contaminants are shut out. All gear shafts come equipped with a helical main drive gearing and tapered roller bearings for a long life.

The Meritor two-speed transfer cases feature ground helical gearing in both high and low ranges for quiet, high-speed operation with increased durability. Our advanced lubrication system uses a bi-directional forced lube pump with seal ring technology, full synthetic lube, unitized seals, sump magnets and large sump capacity – all for maximum lube integrity (no initial lube change; extended lube change intervals).

The oil-cooler is ready to allow for internal pump flow to be diverted to an external oil-cooler for increased input speeds. The MTC-4210 model is PTO ready.

Drivelines for Bus/Coach

Today’s demanding commercial vehicle market requires vehicles that provide a competitive advantage. And reducing cost is always an advantage.

The Meritor Permalube™ (RPL) driveline is greased and sealed for life – both U-joint and slip section. Permanent lubrication eliminates downtime for greasing drivelines, increases fleet efficiency, and reduces operating and maintenance costs. More importantly, the elimination of significant amounts of grease used in normal vehicle maintenance over the life of the bus or coach makes for a better environment.

Building on the proven RN series U-joint design, the Meritor XTended Lube Driveline (MXL™) includes RPL premium sealing technology. Improved seals extend lubrication intervals for both U-joints and slip sections to 100,000 miles for linehaul applications, reducing operating and maintenance costs.

Features and Benefits

We provide our truck drivelines with U-joints equipped with triple-lip seals, keeping lubrication in and contaminants out for longer life.

Our MXL Driveline is the new “standard” for fleets that prefer longer life, extended maintenance intervals and low life cycle costs. Field-proven, internally mounted advanced nitrile seal design ensures that lubrication is protected from contaminants and prevention of water intrusion. The seal shroud incorporated from RPL design improves sealing characteristics while ensuring that retaining seals are securely in place and preventing damage from road debris. Corrosion-resistant seal guard protects and secures the advanced slip seal – providing increased durability over booted designs. The robust, easy-service U-joint retention system eliminates spinning cups. The MXL is compatible with industry-standard yokes for improved parts availability and flexibility for aftermarket conversion.

This is all backed by our three-year, 350,000-mile linehaul warranty and 100,000-mile lubrication intervals for linehaul applications – leading to reduced maintenance costs and downtime, and improved reliability for your fleet.

Our RPL Driveline offers a bearing package with large diameter, precision-tolerance needle bearing for optimum bearing alignment and maximized performance. The RPL is permanently lubricated with our specially formulated wear- and temperature-resistant grease. Steel straps ensure bearing cups are located to precise dimensions. Two piece U-joint thrust washer prevents bearing end galling and absorbs loads for minimized wear and extended lifecycle. And the driveline is retained with four patch lock bolts for simplified installation and ease of service.

 

Drivelinesfor Off-Highway

Today’s demanding off-highway market requires vehicles that provide a competitive advantage. And reducing cost is always an advantage.

Thanks to Meritor’s cost-efficient application of materials and manufacturing expertise, Wing Style Drivelines are durable, reliable and ideally suited to heavy-duty, on- and off-highway applications. As part of one of the world’s most popular vehicle drivetrain systems, Wing Style Drivelines offer an unrivaled combination of economy, dependability and ease of maintenance. Specifically designed and engineered for rugged-duty use, Wing Style Drivelines are dynamically balanced to ensure long life and smooth operation.

Our XTended Lube Driveline (MXL™) is the new “standard” for longer life, extended maintenance intervals and low life cycle costs. Building on our proven RN series U-joint design, the MXL includes RPL premium sealing technology. Improved seals extend lubrication intervals for both U-joints and slip sections to 100,000 miles for off-highway applications, reducing operating and maintenance costs.

Features and Benefits

Our MXL comes equipped with U-joints featuring triple-lip seals that keep lubrication in and contaminants out for longer life. Field-proven, internally mounted advanced nitrile seal design ensures that lubrication is protected from contaminants and prevention of water intrusion. The seal shroud incorporated from RPL design improves sealing characteristics while ensuring that retaining seals are securely in place and preventing damage from road debris. Corrosion-resistant seal guard protects and secures the advanced slip seal – providing increased durability over booted designs. The robust, easy-service U-joint retention system eliminates spinning cups. The MXL is compatible with industry-standard yokes for improved parts availability and flexibility for aftermarket conversion.

This is all backed by our three-year, 350,000-mile linehaul warranty and 100,000-mile lubrication intervals for linehaul applications – leading to reduced maintenance costs and downtime, and improved reliability for your fleet.

The high strength, compact design of our Wing Style Driveline paired with its convenient bolt-together assembly make it ideally suited to rugged duty. Dynamically balanced, the Wing Style Driveline features bolted assembly, nitrile seals, induction-hardened, polyglide-coated splines.