I have often pondered this in my head, somehow I think you may be driving
with your VC locked the whole way if you removed your drive shaft.  I could
be wrong with my theory but, if there VC is speed dependant when it locks
then 0km/h + 100km/h = locked VC, if there is nothing spinning the input
due to no drive shaft and the out put is spinning away due to driving then
wouldn't it lock?

Personally I wouldn't worry about it.  Volkswagen drove a Syncro around the
Germany with no rear axles, making it a front wheel drive for the whole
trip.  Supposededly no problems after doing that kind of abuse.

Just my confused 0.02 worth.

At 19:12 12/04/1999 -0300, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
>I am planning a long trip - Nova Scotia to Arizona - and back this
>summer.  I have no plans for needing the 4WD except for maybe 2
>weeks in Arizona and New Mexico.    My questions are:
>
>1)  would you recommend removing the front drive shaft for the trip
>    (I can carry it with me and reinstall if/when I need it).
>
>2)  Any damage in driving long periods w/o the front drive shaft?
>    (my goal is to save the wear and tear on the VC and drive shaft
>    if not needed)
>
>Yes, I have the posts about removing and re-installing the front
>drive shaft.   Thanks,  Malcolm S
>
>

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