Hmmmm... Good question. For the life of me I can't see why you couldn't drive
your rig safely without the front drive shaft. The only thing I could
speculate as being a problem is that the T-Case either expects a load (highly
doubtful) or it keeps in synch. by being tied to the front output shaft/front
diff. (also highly doubtful). I just can't see a problem here...
Hey Peter Cutler! If your reading this, could you check at the source for us?
This question has got me curious and I wouldn't trust a dealers answer to this
question... Hell, I had a question about my Full-Time system when I bought my
truck and I ended up having to explain how it worked to the D.A.'s! Suffice it
to say they couldn't answer my question.
Tom
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Subject: DML: Removing Driveshaft 101
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 4/5/00 10:45 PM
I need to remove my front driveshaft so I can have a driveline shop rebuild
it for me; needs some new universal joints. I have looked in the Hayne's
Maunal briefly and it appears that I need to remove some self tapping bolts
which hold the front u-joint clamps on(I think a total of 4 for the front
u-joints), and then the same with the rear u-joint bolts/clamps at the
transfer case(4 again, maybe)......but it that it? I assume spraying the
bolts with some penetrant will help to loosen the 120,000 mile old bolts
also, right? Also, I should be able to drive my Dak without the front
driveshaft, maybe??? Thanks,
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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