RUVILLE was founded 80 years ago by Egon von Ruville – one of the pioneers of the free and independent automotive spare parts business. This tradition has blossomed today into one of the world’s best known specialists in the automotive aftermarket.

For over 30 years, creative experts with ideas, know-how and experience have been designing attractive ranges of spare parts for the chassis and engine under the RUVILLE brand.

The success of our company is built on the commitment of our employees and our partners – customers and component suppliers of the automotive industry all over the world.

Quality and competence are of the utmost priority for us. What drives all of our company divisions is only one maxim: the zero-defects credo. Every product and all services and individually designed solutions must meet the quality standards of our customers. The safeguarding and constant development of the high quality levels in all parts of the company, as well as certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2002, is a matter of course for us.

Whether it is wheel bearing kits, tension rollers, steering parts or water pumps: our customers in over 100 countries throughout the world appreciate our spacious warehouse. On 8,000 square metres floor area, over 200 employees manage the stock keeping and shipment of approx. 17,500 different items stored in the racked space with its 25,000 m and in the pallet space with its 5,200 slot capacity. Every day, over 22,000 items are packed individually and flexibly in our 800m² confectioning area. Our state-of-the-art merchandise management system enables us to guarantee high availability and prompt order processing.

Drive shafts and wheel joints

The efficiency of power transmission within the drive train is mainly dependent on the quality of the moveable components.

Due to the relatively large diffraction angles occurring especially at the wheel joint (up to ~ 40°) of front-wheel-driven vehicles, exclusively homokinetic joints or constant velocity joints are used.

Universal joints – or cardan joints as they are called, too - are only suitable for unsteered wheels.

Reliable and constant power transmission also at larger diffraction angles at the wheel joints and durability of the bellows are critical prerequisites of comfort and operational safety. Even small cracks in the bellows allow grease to leak from and impurities and water to penetrate into the joint which, if it remains undiscovered, will certainly and quickly cause the joint to fail.