jamesmartin
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youi cant loose drive with broken cv/halfshaft on front axle unless something has broken loosing drive to rear
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jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
viscous coupling would give drive on rear axle unless transfer box out put shaft splines had gone easy enough to check and fix with box in situ or rear half shaft
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
if only running on front axle probably for a while ,extra strain would be put on it apart from age etc, ive come across a few like that ,i had a customer in france who reckoned hed need a diff soon so ordered one before it went as can take a week to get stuff over there cheapish but he said he wasnt to a day or two as would drive on other axle except other diff had gone previously so had to wait till two got there
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
if front half shaft made you loose all drive ,you need to check rear axle and output shaft in transferbox because one must be broken ,one axle with bust shaft wont cause vehicle to loose drive ,
RobCavendish
New Member
James is spot on here, something is not working correctly with your rear axle, rear prop or your transfer box, as a single broken halfshaft should not lose all drive, you need to look further. Try jacking up one rear wheel only and then try to spin it, if you can you have a broken rear halfshaft (or mashed diff) as well. It's only a ten minute job to pull out rear halfshafts to check whether they are broken or not. If you do find a problem with your rear axle too, then you probably have a seized viscous coupling to add to your list! Sorry.
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
its the seizing v/c that usually causes one or other thing to break in first place. with all drive on one axle a weak point is often found in the same way series 3s snap rear half shafts
RobCavendish
New Member
When the viscous coupling seizes, then no difference in rotational velocity is permitted between the front and reap propshafts, this is what causes wind up when cornering, or turning etc. Eventually, the wind up will cause something to break, when the first thing breaks, other than a nasty noise nothing else may be noticeable, the car will still drive, but the key point is that it is now only driving on one axle.
This puts that remaining axle under a lot of strain. When it is stressed sufficiently, something else can break, you now have no drive at all. I believe that this is what has happened here.
This puts that remaining axle under a lot of strain. When it is stressed sufficiently, something else can break, you now have no drive at all. I believe that this is what has happened here.
