can i drive with just one drive shaft 325ix

[vk88ix]

can i drive with just one drive shaft i have a 325ix the rear one is off with it mes anything up if i drive it?

[nrubenstein]

It's possible to drive with just the rear shaft. I don't know that I would attempt to drive further than around the driveway with just the front shaft in.

[nando]

It's possible to drive with just the rear shaft. I don't know that I would attempt to drive further than around the driveway with just the front shaft in.

the front diff is pretty tiny - I wouldn't want to put all the car's torque through it either.

[nrubenstein]

the front diff is pretty tiny - I wouldn't want to put all the car's torque through it either.

Maybe pull three coils? :p

[flyboyx]

the torque split is wrong for using the front shaft only. as mentioned above, the front diff is too weak to handle the entire load of the car for any length of time. i would do it if it was a matter of being stranded in the middle of the desert and that was the only way out of there other than walking. otherwise, let the car sit until you can repair it properly.

[catoichi]

don't do it! when i bought my car it was missing the rear half shafts after about 2 months of me putting off fixing it my trans died on me. my transmission guy told me it was the missing half shafts that did me in. cost more to fix my transmission and transfercase than it did to buy the car..

[Pantless Spency]

just curious why would you want a fwd e30?
or do you just not want to buy the rear end parts.

[vk88ix]

i ment like drive it into/out the shop
btw rear drive line is $300 new at cost less

[Chruby99]

I off loaded mine from a tow dolly with the rear drive shaft removed. it beats the jack test. Long lengths of use would probably cause the silicone in the VC to start ozzing out and rendering the center diff useless. Which would probably be the end of the FWD iX