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In this paper, we suggested the means to improve the strength of the drive shaft, a vulnerable part of the drive axle system in a 3.5-ton commercial vehicle. Drive shaft is composed of a universal joint with spider and yoke, yoke shaft, etc. To enhance the strength of the drive shaft, the design parameters of the spider, such as distance and diameter, were revised after CAE analysis. Drive shaft is designed as four case analysis models with ANSYS. These models can analyze the strength of the drive shaft and validate the results of the analysis with four case models. Finally, we suggested a spider design that reduced the spider’s maximum stress by 44 %.