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An electric forklift includes: a drive unit including a unit case including a gear housing supporting a motor with an output shaft in a right and left direction and housing a gear train; and shaft housings protruding in the right and left direction from the gear housing, each of which houses a drive

An electric forklift includes: a drive unit including a unit case including a gear housing supporting a motor with an output shaft in a right and left direction and housing a gear train; and shaft housings protruding in the right and left direction from the gear housing, each of which houses a drive shaft, and each of which supports a wheel, wherein the drive shafts rotate via the gear train; support members, base end portions of which are rotatably engaged with outer peripheral portions of the shaft housings, and tip end portions of which are connected to a body frame so that the shaft housings are supported by the body frame via the support members; and a link portion between the gear housing and the body frame for preventing relative rotation of the unit case and the body frame about shaft centers of the drive shafts.

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1. An electric forklift comprising: a drive unit that includes a unit case, the unit case including a gear housing that supports an electric motor with an output shaft oriented in a right and left direction and that houses a gear train; anda pair of shaft housings which protrude in the right and lef

1. An electric forklift comprising: a drive unit that includes a unit case, the unit case including a gear housing that supports an electric motor with an output shaft oriented in a right and left direction and that houses a gear train; anda pair of shaft housings which protrude in the right and left direction from the gear housing, respectively, each of the shaft housings rotatably housing a drive shaft, and each of the shaft housings rotatably supporting a wheel via a bearing, whereinthe drive shafts rotate via the gear train when the electric motor is driven;a pair of support members, base end portions of which are rotatably engaged with outer peripheral portions of the shaft housings, respectively, and tip end portions of which are connected to a vehicle body frame so that the shaft housings in the right and left direction are supported by the vehicle body frame via the support members; anda link portion disposed between the gear housing and the vehicle body frame for preventing relative rotation of the unit case and the vehicle body frame about shaft centers of the drive shafts, whereinthe link portion protrudes from the gear housing toward the vehicle body frame at an outer peripheral position of a support position where at least one of the support members is supported on the vehicle body frame while the shaft centers of the drive shafts are assumed as a center, and the link portion is linked to the vehicle body frame through a projection end face,the link portion is a separate member from the support members, andthe link portion is formed as a protrusion extending from the gear housing toward the vehicle body frame. 2. The electric forklift according to claim 1, further comprising brake units, each of which is disposed between a hub linked to a corresponding one of the drive shafts and the outer peripheral portion of a corresponding one of the shaft housings, each of the brake units acting on the hub, and each of the brake units being supported on a base end portion of a corresponding one of the support members. 3. The electric forklift according to claim 1, wherein portions of the shaft housings to be engaged with engaging holes of the support members have a same diameter. 4. An electric forklift comprising: a drive unit that includes a unite case, the unit case including a gear housing that supports an electric motor with an output shaft oriented in a right and left direction and that houses a gear train; anda pair of shaft housings which protrude in the right and left direction from the gear housing, respectively, each of the shaft housings rotatably housing a drive shaft, and each of the shaft housings rotatably supporting a wheel via a bearing, whereinthe drive shafts rotate via the gear train when the electric motor is driven,a pair of support members, base end portions of which are rotatably engaged with outer peripheral portions of the shaft housings, respectively, and tip end portions of which are connected to a vehicle body frame so that the shaft housings in the right and left direction are supported by the vehicle body frame via the support members; anda link portion disposed between the gear housing and the vehicle body frame for preventing relative rotation of the unit case and the vehicle body frame about shaft centers of the drive shafts, whereinthe link portion protrudes from the gear housing toward the vehicle body frame at an outer peripheral position of a support position where at least one of the support members is supported on the vehicle body frame while the shaft centers of the drive shafts are assumed as a center, and the link portion is linked to the vehicle body frame through a projection end face,further comprising a pair of preventing portions disposed on the support member, whereinthe link portion is disposed between the preventing portions, androtation of the support members with respect to the shaft housings is prevented by bringing the preventing portion into contact with the link portion. 5. The electric forklift according to claim 4, the preventing portions protrude from the tip end portion of the support member about the shaft centers of the drive shafts in an outer peripheral direction and preventing surfaces are provided on the preventing portions, respectively and the preventing portion comes into contact with the link portion via the preventing surface of the preventing portion.