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Prop shaft snapped - is it still drivable
Hi guys,
My rear prop shaft has snapped on my car, is it still able to be driven home if I remove it?
23rd Dec 2020 11:13 am
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4405
No.
Sorry.Richard
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23rd Dec 2020 11:34 am
OvalAutos
Member Since: 28 Dec 2018
Location: Cradley Heath
Posts: 382
Re: Prop shaft snapped - is it still drivable
beesle wrote:
Hi guys,
My rear prop shaft has snapped on my car, is it still able to be driven home if I remove it?
How did you manage to do that and were you moving at the time?Joe
23rd Dec 2020 12:27 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8121
Don’t even try to move it without at least tiring it up so that it can rotate safely.
Hope this isn’t a wind up It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
23rd Dec 2020 1:29 pm
beesle
Member Since: 17 Jun 2008
Location: widnes, cheshire
Posts: 117
Re: Prop shaft snapped - is it still drivable
OvalAutos wrote:
beesle wrote:
Hi guys,
My rear prop shaft has snapped on my car, is it still able to be driven home if I remove it?
How did you manage to do that and were you moving at the time?
LAst minute decision to do green lane’ing yesterday and got it stuck. A mate of mine jumped in to try free it and just heard a bang. Someone coming to pull me out, I’ll obviously remove it before driving but thinking the computer won’t be happy but surely I can drive it using front wheel drive only unless someone knows different.
23rd Dec 2020 2:59 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
Posts: 3169
The electronics will have a right hissy not sure it will move i have heard if you can lock the transmission it may but not sure if it would do any damage Discovery 3 se gone
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23rd Dec 2020 3:03 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4405
rrhool wrote:
No.
Sorry.
It's still no, you can't
You can not manually lock the center diff. Rock crawl is the only mode that locks the centre diff.Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
23rd Dec 2020 3:05 pm
J.Prezes
Member Since: 10 May 2015
Location: usually at my Indy's shop
Posts: 62
mud-ruts also locks center diff
24th Dec 2020 2:40 pm
garrycol
Member Since: 06 Dec 2010
Location: Canberra
Posts: 1115
Neither Mut Rutts or Rock Crawl permanently lock the CDL - it is mostly locked but not all the time. The systems may detect a high rev drive to the rear and lock to cdl to send drive to the front but then it may not.
I agree with the "no" answer but give it a try and let us know.
25th Dec 2020 12:26 am
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
I think it would be ok to shunt the vehicle around but i wouldnt use it o the road or to get yourself out of trouble if your stuck
As thread is 2 days old I'm guessing you got it home by now ? Did it drive or did you have to get recovered?.
Dean
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