80 ser. AWD

hi ray
basicly you wont ever have 4wd while its removed and it may have a bearing on how the vehicle behaves on bituemin and gravel
as it was set up to be full time 4wd so the dynamics in handling may be quiet different

you may also get some sort of error message on the computor system with the shaft removed
apart from that
it may well be an option to drive without the front shaft
but what are you expecting to gain from removing it ??
cheers

Should behave no differently than after fitting a part time 4WD kit to the 80. I'm assuming, however, that you wouldn't want to be leaving the shaft out forever though as the vehicle would always be just a 2WD.

Hi Ray
There would be no real consequences, it would just be like driving a Std 80 series. There is probably not much point though unless except maybe removing some driveline slop if you have it.
There would be no economy or wear benifits as you would get by fitting a part time kit as you are still turning the front diff (unless you put free wheeling hubs on).
Chris

You'll need to engage the centre diff to go anywhere, but there won't be any long term issues. Don't drive over 100 kph as per the manual.
A mate brought his home from karumba to brisbane like that a few years ago.

what is the purpose of removing it? is it a get home fix or something more permanent?

Hi Ray,
They are a Full Time 4WD, and not a AWD, if your talking about the GXL or Sahara,
As gbc said, "You'll need to engage the centre diff to go anywhere"
I removed my front shaft to track down a vibration at 80k's, thinking it was a uni, I disconnected the front shaft, and had no drive. So you will need to engage the centre diff.
Where as the DX or RV models are setup differently with their lock in hubs.

As Alloy c/t questioned, there wont be an error message on the computer.
This is what I love about my old girl, No stupid computer to over ride a work around. Ya gotta love that.

Yes it will handle and drive a lot different, but you'll learn it's limits.
If this is something you want permanently I'd be looking at a Marks Adapter kit for in 80.
I personally can't justify the the money or time in the conversion, others will have opinions that differ from this this, No Pun intended.

So I'm happy to keep the factory setup.

Ray, you haven't given a lot of info.
Let us know why you may want to remove it and what model 80 you have.
I hope this helps.

Hi Ray,
Rather than remove the front tail shaft why not do the conversion on the front hubs to part time 4WD. This is not an uncommon conversion and parts for this conversion are available almost everywhere, and certainly via ebay.

Much better solution IMHO.
Cheers, Bruce.