Missing Words: assemblies, axles, chain, differential, gear, helical, hypoid, mounted, ring, shaft, transmission, transmit A transaxle's final drive gears provide a way to Select... the transmission's output to the Select... section of the transaxle. There are four common configurations used as the final drives on FWD vehicles: Select... gear, planetary Select... , hypoid gear, and Select... drive. The helical, planetary, and chain final drive arrangements are found with transversely Select... engines. Hypoid final drive gear assemblies are normally found in vehicles with a longitudinally placed engine. The Select... assembly is basically the same unit as would be used on RWD vehicles and is mounted directly to the Select... Some transaxles route power from the transmission through two helical-cut gears to a transfer Select... A helical-cut pinion gear attached to the opposite end of the transfer shaft drives the differential Select... gear and carrier. The differential assembly then drives the Select... and wheels