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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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I think i popped my front cv axles. is it possible for me to take them out and just drive on the rear wheels without messing up the transmission? Also how hard is it to change the cv axles? i have done them before on a honda civic. is it anything similar? i know my 1st question is kinda stupid but i dont have the means to put it in the shop till the end of the week or buy new ones. and its my only way to work since i have drills on base and i cant get another sticker cuz of the time i have to be there. the noise they make is a popping one. its definitely not the clicking noise when cv axles are worn out. its a louder popping one. if anybody could help me on info i would greatly appreciate it
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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any other ideas on how i could keep my car running till the end of the week would be great too.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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I wouldn't recommend driving the car with them off, your center differential will freak out. It would be like towing the car with only the front wheels off the ground.

On the old scooby automatic trannies, you could pull a fuse to change it to FWD, but I haven't heard of that being the case on the newer EATs.
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Old Jun 4, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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can i keep driving the car with the messed up axles then?
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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NO!!! dont drive the car at all, you can do a lot of damage that will be a huge bill. the alxe itself isnt that much money, but the tranny, diffs, and other part are outragious.


please tell us your not driving the car.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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What kind of car, transmission, 2 or 4wd? I can try to help you out if you give me that info.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 10:50 AM
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1st off OMGHI2u. Now with that off my chest...do not drive the car again until you have the means to replace it. You will cause serious damage to the drivetrain.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Alizarin
I wouldn't recommend driving the car with them off, your center differential will freak out. It would be like towing the car with only the front wheels off the ground.

On the old scooby automatic trannies, you could pull a fuse to change it to FWD, but I haven't heard of that being the case on the newer EATs.
Except it's the front axles, so making the car FWD wont help...
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