De auto-halfas wordt ook wel deaandrijfas, which connects the differential with the drive wheels. The aandrijfas is the shaft that transmits torque between the gearbox reducer and the drive wheels. There is a universal joint (U/JOINT) at the inner and outer ends of the shaft, which is connected to the reducer gear and the inner ring of the hub bearing through the spline on the universal joint.
Deaandrijfasbrengt het vermogen van het differentieel over op de linker en rechter aandrijfwielen.