Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Drive shaft removal (Syncro)
From:Shortlidge D Joel
Date:Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:12:50 -0400

I have the same question keep me posted.

On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:45:05 -0700 Brent Christensen
<bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM> writes:
>Another question related to my upcoming trip:
>
>Would any of you Syncronauts out there recommend removing the drive
>shaft
>and carrying it with me until reaching the back country?  If anyone
>has done
>this, where did you stow the drive shaft while underway?  How long
>does it
>take to R & R?
>
>We'll be covering over 2,000 miles, and very little of that will
>require
>4WD.  I am interested in improving fuel economy, and saving wear &
>tear on
>the front diff. and VC.
>
>Anyone ever had vibration problems spontaneously appear after removing
>and
>then reinstalling the drive shaft without modifying anything?  (This
>is my
>*biggest* fear)
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Brent Christensen
>'89 Syncro Westy "Klaus"
>'95 Cherokee Sport

___________________________________________________________________
Get the Internet just the way you want it.
Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month!
Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.