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Just minding your own business, driving, all of a sudden horrendous clunking and scraping ensues and you see a large metal shaft rolling down the highway behind you. Mondays, heh.

Just minding your own business, driving, all of a sudden horrendous clunking and scraping ensues and you see a large metal shaft rolling down the highway behind you. Mondays, heh.

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[–] • 4 pts

I did on a jeep xj. It was the rear back u-joint that went out. Pulled the drive shaft off and drove it home with the front wheels. It made a hell of noise when she went.

[–] • 2 pts

Yeah, 4wd would have been nice. Wouldn’t have had brakes though. Air brake truck, and the shaft beat up the chambers on its way out.

[–] • 2 pts

Came here to say I did the same thing in my '69 CJ5. I was in the mountains trout fishing and as I was coming down the mountain the rear back u-joint gave up the ghost. I dropped the shaft, tossed it in the bed, then put the Jeep in 4-H and drove the 90 miles home with the front wheels.

[–] • 1 pt

This, exactly this happened to me as well, in '98 with my '92 wrangler. I hit a pot hole, and a bolt on the U joint snapped. The drive shaft slapped around underneath until it fell off and slid to the side of the road. Stopped to grab it and drove 20 miles home on my front wheels.