Driving with driveshaft out

[JDM_DSM]

Should I be able to drive my car in and out of the garage with the driveshaft out? (Driveway has enough slope that it would probably take 3 or 4 people to push it back in)
Or would I just burn out the viscous coupler?

 

[EMX5636]

You will burn the coupler. Enough to ruin it I guess depends on a lot of things like current condition, the driveway etc. I would just push it. It will feel like a clutch slipping to try and drive it. You will have to rev it up, and more rev's equal more heat.

 

[bowler31185]

wouldn't recommend it like said above.

 

[manikbastrd]

You could pull the transfer case I suppose? I mean if the shaft is already out, it's only 5 bolts...

 

[EHmotorsports]

you will still ruin the VCU and center diff removing the transfer case. DO NOT move the car without a welded center diff or a VCU lockout.

 

[prove_it]

Would it even move without the rear connected?

Don't do it though. It's a pain to push it in, my drive is sloped too. I always put a board down behind the rear wheel so I can push it forward a little and slide the board up, that way it doesn't end up in the street. I've also been known to use a piece of cardboard between the rear bumper and front bumper of my other cars and "push" it in. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[manikbastrd]

Quoting EHmotorsports:
you will still ruin the VCU and center diff removing the transfer case. DO NOT move the car without a welded center diff or a VCU lockout.



Oh yeah haha...that whole diff in the trans thing...

 

[FlyingEagle]

Install switchable JDM transaxle. Voila.

 

[vr4play]

I think the VCU is stronger than most people think. I drove my car for a month back in the collage days with a broken rear axle. It would drive just fine as long as you didn't try and accelerate really fast. I don't think I would be concerned with moving it 5 ft back into the drive way. I just wouldn't make a habit out of it and do it really slow. It's no different than trying to move the car when the rear wheels are on ice and the front are on pavement.

 

[EHmotorsports]

I would agree if the condition of the transmission was new. to a point. but how many vr4's have over 140k and have been beat on since day one?

 

[iceman69510]

Quoting prove_it:
I've also been known to use a piece of cardboard between the rear bumper and front bumper of my other cars and "push" it in. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



Old tires work great as a cushion for this too.

 

[EMX5636]

Quoting vr4play:
I think the VCU is stronger than most people think. I drove my car for a month back in the collage days with a broken rear axle. It would drive just fine as long as you didn't try and accelerate really fast. I don't think I would be concerned with moving it 5 ft back into the drive way. I just wouldn't make a habit out of it and do it really slow. It's no different than trying to move the car when the rear wheels are on ice and the front are on pavement.



I agree with this to a point (my old GSX had different tires front/rear when I bought it) and it still worked ok when I put new tires on it. But I've pulled a couple VC's out that had plastic melted and hanging out of the housing. Mileage and current condition depend a lot like iceman and I had said before. Plus what I would try on my own car to get by and what I would recommend to others is very different. I can fix/replace it if I break it, most can't and I wouldn't want to risk their wallet.