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Posted by rollin5ive0 (Member # 8592) on :
 
o.k. i have a situation where a 95 ford f150 has a busted rear drive shaft, well the u-joints sheared and the shaft was punctured and banged up from spinning freely...the good news its is also a four wheel drive. so just for the sake of getting around until i canget the replacement driveshaft. i thought, remove rear drive shaft and throw it in four wheel drive and it will still be able to pull itself around by the front wheels!..front wheel drive 4x4..haha.. this would just be till monday. no hauling, heavy loads, easy on the accelerator, ect...anybody see a problem with this by chance??..oh and what can i use to plug the hole, if anything, in the transfer case where the drive shaft slides into??..wouldnt want all that tranny fluid to get lost and have a permanent fwd f150. thanks for any confirmation, info, solutions, informative sarcasm, and/or clowning in advance!!
 

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Posted by SwEeT 03 Gt (Member # 10283) on :
 
they did it on top gear broken drive shaft and it still drove
this is part 3 so u should watch all three parts lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnVZXQD5_k
 

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Posted by ItzStock (Member # 9665) on :
 
I was gonna say it would work till you said the driveshaft yoke slips into the trans.
 

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Posted by JZTRK (Member # 7641) on :
 
I drove around my 78 ramcharger around for a couple of months after my rear drive shaft exploded on a hard launch it had a 440 in it but it was also full time 4x4 i just had to real light on the gas or it would roast the wheels untill I let off
 

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Posted by rollin5ive0 (Member # 8592) on :
 

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Originally posted by ItzStock:
I was gonna say it would work till you said the driveshaft yoke slips into the trans.

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did i word that wrong?? was i suposed to say transfer case....but yeah the u-joints sheared at the front of the rear the driveshaft leaving the yoke in the tranny, but the yoke obviously slides right out so what do i do to stop fluid comming out of where the yoke was or how do i keep the yoke from commin out without the rest of the shaft there??
 

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Posted by wilit (Member # 3367) on :
 

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Originally posted by rollin5ive0:
how do i keep the yoke from commin out without the rest of the shaft there??

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Originally posted by rollin5ive0:

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Originally posted by ItzStock:
I was gonna say it would work till you said the driveshaft yoke slips into the trans.

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did i word that wrong?? was i suposed to say transfer case....but yeah the u-joints sheared at the front of the rear the driveshaft leaving the yoke in the tranny, but the yoke obviously slides right out so what do i do to stop fluid comming out of where the yoke was or how do i keep the yoke from commin out without the rest of the shaft there??

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Originally posted by ItzStock:
Some driveshafts unbolt at the u joints. If it was one of those it would have worked.

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ohh you mean how the u-joints in the rear of the shaft bolt up to the pumkin! gotcha!

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Originally posted by turbo50:
Torch it, call insurance.

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dan, if i still kept torches handy instead of this post i would have just sliped the yoke in a little crazy glue on it, rtv the seams, jb weld over that, a roll of duct tape around....and then a short pause to ponder if finishing it off with foil tape would be overkill....then finished it off with foil tape....lol
 

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Posted by tonkaboyrich496 (Member # 9877) on :
 

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Originally posted by SwEeT 03 Gt:
they did it on top gear broken drive shaft and it still drove
this is part 3 so u should watch all three parts lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnVZXQD5_k

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