Drive without drive shafts?

[phatx]

Has anyone got any idea if i can drive my 1998 X without the front drive shafts in the car at all?

will i have problems with computers or alike?

Your help is entirely appreciated...

 

[TarHeel085]

youll be fine, ive had mine out of my '99 for a while now, and have had it out for around 4 months in the past. you wont have a problem, no codes or anything. you just wont have auto.

 

[ExplorerDMB]

Yup - He's right! No problem at all!

 

[boominXplorer]

i hope your not talking about the cv's, Then you would have trouble

 

[phatx]

I want to take out both front axles, from the diff i guess. so i will have just rear wheel drive for a while. i hope this is still fine...

thanx for the help guys.

that was my first ever post and i cant believe you guys are so quick and helpful...thankyou again.

 

[Arnie897]

If you're taking the axle shafts out you may have some fluid leakage problems.

 

[Jefe]

If you're taking the axle shafts out you may have some fluid leakage problems.

You'll have more problems than that

In order to drive around without the half shafts, you have to find a way to hold the hub assembly together, as that is one of the jobs of the outer CV cup. Without it you'll get a few miles down the road and then loose a tire. I learned the hard way.

I took apart a couple of old shafts and salvaged the outer CV cups along with the axle nut, and ran like that for a good 3 months before my SAS. Pic:

 

[phatx]

oh no...any more info you can give on stopping the oil leaks and building a system to hold the whole lot together...

thanx