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Can I drive with NO rear drive shaft? How far and fast?

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Old Feb 25, 2014 | 08:59 AM
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2000 gmc jimmy with 4 button 4 wheel selector. If I put it in 4 hi Can I drive with my rear drive shaft removed? One of my u joints is shot and I need to get to the parts store and then a friends house to press in the new joint. So if I can drive with out it how far and fast can I go?
 
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i drove to the Wisconsin Dells from chicagoland with my rear drive shaft out.
 
Old Feb 25, 2014 | 12:48 PM
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Not without the flange
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yeah you kind of need that driveshaft in the rear of the transfercase to hold the fluid in, though if it was short distances i doubt it would hurt anything. i broke a u joint while driving years ago and drove with the front shaft only to make it home. less then a mile though
 
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Yea, I've done it, not too far and not too fast,
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