# Cardan joint yoke Ø22, Ø5 bore, forks 14 apart (Ø3 cross-pin holes)

> What is a Cardan joint yoke?

- Category: Hardware › Mechanism parts
- Kind: Modern device
- Basis: Xem Studio design following Brown's figure (1868); true size, no printing allowance
- Page: https://xemstudio.com/objects/cardan-yoke-22-5mm/ · JSON: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=cardan-yoke-22-5mm · Plain text: https://xemstudio.com/objects/cardan-yoke-22-5mm/sheet.txt
- License: dimension sheet CC BY 4.0 (Xem Studio); linked files under their publishers' licenses
- Use in every chat: add https://xemstudio.com/mcp as a connector (https://xemstudio.com/use-with-ai/)

## Overall (mm)

| length | width | height |
|---|---|---|
| 22.0 | 22.0 | 31.0 |

**Exact dimensions.** True size, with no printing tolerance added.

## Notes

- Ø22 × 12 hub with a Ø5 bore and an M3 set-screw hole (Ø2.5 tap drill), carrying two 4 mm fork lugs 14 mm apart; the Ø3 cross-pin hole is 14 mm above the hub, far enough that two yokes clear each other at 30° shaft angle.
- Xem Studio design following Brown's figure; true size, no printing allowance (apply your own to the mating features).

## Sizes

| dimension | value |
|---|---|
| hub | Ø22 × 12, Ø5 bore |
| fork gap | 14 mm |
| pin axis above hub | 14 mm |
| pin holes | Ø3 |
| shaft angle | to 30° |

## Where the files are

- Henry T. Brown (1868, public domain): [Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements — scan on archive.org](https://archive.org/details/fivehundredseven00browiala) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- 507movements.com: [Brown's movement No. 50: figure, his text and an animation](https://507movements.com/mm_050.html) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- Xem Studio: [drawing](https://xemstudio.com/objects/universal-joint-mechanism/) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

## Free STEP/STL (1 parts, CC BY 4.0, Xem Studio)

Index: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/cardan-yoke-22-5mm/index.json

- cardan-yoke-22-5mm: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/cardan-yoke-22-5mm/cardan-yoke-22-5mm.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/cardan-yoke-22-5mm/cardan-yoke-22-5mm.stl) — yoke, axis Z, pin axis along X at z = 26

## Questions

**What is a Cardan joint yoke?**

Ø22 × 12 hub with a Ø5 bore and an M3 set-screw hole (Ø2.5 tap drill), carrying two 4 mm fork lugs 14 mm apart; the Ø3 cross-pin hole is 14 mm above the hub, far enough that two yokes clear each other at 30° shaft angle.

## Fits with

- [Universal (Hooke / Cardan) joint, drawn at 30°](https://xemstudio.com/objects/universal-joint-mechanism/)