Meeky Moose Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 so we went out today to get a christmas tree.. up in the mountains 65 miles from home.. in a foot of snow.. after a couple hours of driving through the snow lookin for a tree.. we come across an old quarry.. i decided it would be fun to burn a donut in the powder.. i burned the donut, and shredded the cv axle outer cage on the pass side. bearings and all went flying out.. the boot was already ripped and an original axle with 103k on it, it was bound to go anyways i'm sure.. so the car was stuck at that point, got it pulled out to the main road.. drove it home 65 miles after we drove another 30 min or so to get our tree.. it rattles horribly, there is nothing left of it.. it just spins in the cup, lol.. i woulda pulled it off completely but i didn't have anything to punch the pin our with. first and second gear, the center diff doesn't like it.. once your in 3rd or higher the center diff doesn't slip and the car drive like normal.. luckliy it was mostly freway to get home so 65 miles at 65 miles an hour with the cruise control set and a dead front axle.. tough scoobies love'em (its parked until i get a new axle tho, not trying to burn it up) least it got all 5 of us home:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 You will most likely have torque bind now when you drive in a circle after you fix your axle. The only way to fix it will be to replace the center diff. It locked up and drove fine 65 the whole way home because the viscous coupler over heated so bad the plates inside it warped to the point they jammed together. They don't un-warp after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeky Moose Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 actually they aren't locked permanently believe me it still slips like its supposed to... just saying that it didn't slip in the higher gears.. i doubt its going to have any issues at all actually.. we'll see when i get an axle in it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rverdoold Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 So basically it became 3WD to RWD assuming the front diff sends the power to the weakest link. Subies are tough good you got home! And is the tree standing already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeky Moose Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 ohh yeah tree is up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Similar story...........my 99 OBW last Sprint drove just fine in the city, but on the highway, the steering was squirley. Any bump or deviation in the road way would make the car dart slightly to one side or the other. I had to slow down to about 50 mph to stay in my lane, and drove it that way for 125 miles to get it home. At my mechanic's shop, the trouble was easy to diagnose. The right front drive shaft had sheared off about three inches from the end at the road wheel end. I never knew a half shaft could break like that into two pieces. It didn't make any weird noises at all. Replace the half shaft, and all is well. No problem with torque bind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeky Moose Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 just a follow up, put a reman axle in it this morning, went for a drive, made a few circles in both directions in the walmart parking lot with the studded snow tires on, absolutely no torque bind at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 just a follow up, put a reman axle in it this morning, went for a drive, made a few circles in both directions in the walmart parking lot with the studded snow tires on, absolutely no torque bind at all... Sounds like you got fortunate. I assume you replaced the wheel bearing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meeky Moose Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 nope, left the wheel bearing alone.. grease was still clean and soft, no play etc. car only has 103k.. the ball joint came out of the hub assembly like it was new, it wasn't even stuck like 99% are in cars this old.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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