Front CV Shaft

[mitchvines]

Hello all, this might be a stupid question but, Can you remove your Front Cv shafts and still be able to road worthy? Or does the nut hold the rotor on? the reason i ask is that this truck is my daily driver and i hardly run off road

 

[marc11]

The half shaft slips into the bearing hub via a spline and then the nut holds the shaft on. The rotor is not held by anything, it just slips over the hub. I can't say if removing the shafts will allow oil to leak out from the front diff and cause it to seize or not, but frankly, I can't see why you couldn't remove the shafts and just run in RWD. But why?

 

[fredfx4]

Depends on the year, if you dont have free lock in the front the nut holds the wheel bearing together.

 

[Fx4wannabe01]

NO.



You must have something in there to keep the hub from falling apart.... I've seen guys convert their live axle trucks to 2wd, while retaining the stock knuckle and hub/bearings and using the outside of the CV shaft and threaded the nut to that stub. This will eliminate the CV and be perfectly safe. The nut threads onto the CV shaft and holds the shaft to the hub. The rotor slides onto the hub.

Now.....what exactly do you want to do with the front axle that's full of fluid?

What are you trying to accomplish here? Better MPG's? uh....no. Won't gain much if any. Ford tested this new live axle(aka always spinning internally even in 2wd) and their results were .1 % mpg loss.



*I'm assuming this is the OP's '02 Ranger.

 

[Blueranger99]

i personally wouldnt remove the shafts because if you were to break a ujoint on the rear driveshaft somewhere, you could remove the rear shaft, lock her in 4 wheel, drive home or to the parts store to get a new one. 4 wheel is usefull for more than offroad and snow. do what you please, but thats just my opinion.

 

[mitchvines]

thanks you all, I didnt think you would be able to do that. The reason was for the MPG because i hardly ever take it off road so i thought if there was a why to get better MPG it would be worth it. Thanks yall

 

[Fx4wannabe01]

thanks you all, I didnt think you would be able to do that. The reason was for the MPG because i hardly ever take it off road so i thought if there was a why to get better MPG it would be worth it. Thanks yall

best way to better MPG: your right foot on the skinny pedal.


after that...intake, exhaust, tuner to compensate for those mods, synthetic fluids, etc. I'm on 35's and 4.88's....when I go to Seattle every other week, I'm averaging about 19mpg all while going a constant 75 on I5. Around town, I'm about at 16.5 or so. Thanks to intake, exhaust, synthetic fluids, properly geared, and all that still without a tuner which is in the works right now.