Can you drive a DII w/o front drive s...

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Author Message   Lewis Jones (Cutter) Senior Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 421 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 04:42 pm:    I had mine out to replace ujoints and never tried to drive it. I have a friend who had a vibration and took his out to see if it was in the front, driveshaft relateted, and he said it would not drive with it out. I don't really see how this would keep it from driving. I don't really know, so I ask the knowlege of this board   Sergei Rodionov (Uzbad) Member Username: Uzbad Post Number: 246 Registered: 08-2003 Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 04:45 pm:    If you got CDL - it will drive with locked CDL. If not - then you stuck. Thing is - by removing driveshaft you removing resistance, hence your missing driveshaft will act as free spinning wheels.   Lewis Jones (Cutter) Senior Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 422 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 04:59 pm:    Thanks!   Shawn McKenzie (Shawn) Member Username: Shawn Post Number: 169 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 12:27 am:    When I asked my dealer to help me pull the centering peg for the rotoflex, he said "drop the rear propshaft, lock the CDL and drive it down" I assumed this meant it won't cause a problem. I ended up driving in FWD for several days for other reasons with no problems.   Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 876 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 02:05 am:    As long as you do not put a whole lot of force on it while it has a single drive shaft on it you will be OK. you can tool around town a bit, but accelerate and decelerate smoothly. Sometimes there is a bit more play in the driveline without one shaft and you don't want to make that clunk and worse.