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Dumb question on my part ... if you're in the "middle of the repair", whyyyyyy do you need to move it ?
Hi, Your question is a good one …
I have this car out of service for over a month to take my time with this prop shaft repair, flex discs and Center bearing. Now with the prop shaft out, and the back half of the exhaust disconnected, I am tempted to remove the exhaust completely (back half) and paint it with some high temp paint to make it look better and last longer. To do this I need the spot that the car sits to set up a paint booth. Maybe going overboard, but I like to paint stuff to make it last longer, if I can.
FWIW, I think it would be fine to move the car in "front wheel drive mode". In fact, I did the opposite (removing the front propshaft to move the car around). That worked, but because the rear propshaft is driven through a set of planetary gears, it was "slippy"... fine for moving the car around, but not a mode you'd want to use to drive across town.
However, the arrangement of the transfer case makes it clear that the front wheels are driven directly - no clutches or planetary gears, so I'm guessing you could drive the car as front wheel drive-only as long as you wanted (though I have not idea how all the sensors and computers would react).
2014 GLK350 base model (active) ; 2001 E320 base (retired); 2001 Wrangler soft-top
Originally Posted by Silver Shadow
I'm getting sick of this
I thought I'd Reply, in case others don't know about this forum feature.
For every Reply, there is a small triangle (see arrow in screenshot) in the User Info box.
That's "Report Post" -click it ... a message box shows up, type your concern, then tap Send Report.
A Moderator will probably investigate and decide what to do
And on a negative note... this forum already seems to have been fading away for a while. With this A.I. crap, which will only get more sophisticated, I think the end is coming along with many other forums, of all manner. There will come a point where legit members will simply not want to spend time/effort trying to figure out what is what. Ironically, if that happens, the A.I. stuff will fall on "deaf eyes." No winners.
2014 GLK350 base model (active) ; 2001 E320 base (retired); 2001 Wrangler soft-top
Originally Posted by MBKLUE
And on a negative note... this forum already seems to have been fading away for a while. With this A.I. crap, which will only get more sophisticated, I think the end is coming along with many other forums, of all manner. There will come a point where legit members will simply not want to spend time/effort trying to figure out what is what. Ironically, if that happens, the A.I. stuff will fall on "deaf eyes." No winners.
I think the "lack of participation" is more about the time of year - XMas and New Years activities.
I participate in many other forums ... which are very diverse compared to an MB forum.
The computer related are very active, because operating systems are wacked out, and most folks are not OS technical types.
Other forums are similar.
Personally, I think it's a time-of-year thing ... folks are focusing on other stuff vs vehicle oddities.
I think the "lack of participation" is more about the time of year - XMas and New Years activities.
I participate in many other forums ... which are very diverse compared to an MB forum.
The computer related are very active, because operating systems are wacked out, and most folks are not OS technical types.
Other forums are similar.
Personally, I think it's a time-of-year thing ... folks are focusing on other stuff vs vehicle oddities.
Just to be clear, when I wrote "for a while," I didn't mean the last few weeks or even the last couple of months.
I think everyone is well aware there are additional and more significant priorities during major holiday periods, but thanks.
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