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Old 15-04-14, 05:04 AM
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Default Driveshaft disconnection for towing -

You may be right, but as I had the car jacked up on the right side with the chassis jack, and the right rear tire off the ground, there was not enough clearance between differential and the chassis "slot" in the crossmember to withdraw the shaft between differential and bottom of the crossmember slot. There may be clearance if the axle was pushed up in normal position relative to the body when the car is on the ground, but then the only access to the shaft is on a two rail car lift, which I don't have. So I'll be hoping there is enough forward travel in the front slip joint to clear the rear shaft yoke from the differential yoke, then clamp the shaft to the crossmember so as not to tear up anything during towing on a dolly. I'll let everyone know how it goes…...
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