front drive shaft

Asked by jeepgcl20054x4 Mar 12, 2016 at 04:54 PM about the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Can I remove my front drive shaft and
still  drive it 2005grand Cherokee
Laredo 4x4

21 Answers

180

I removed my front shaft on my 2005 grand cherokee 4.7 and dont Drive is Like its on neutral año ideas why?

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I didn't mention that if the vehicle is a all wheel drive, removing the front drive shaft then would not work.

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290

If its 4x4 all time u cannot remove the front drive shaft

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120

Yes you can remove the front drive shaft even if its an awd I have done it and my jeep is perfectly fine just 2wd at the moment

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90

I have also removed front drive shaft. It runs as two wheel rear drive now. But park not working and of course no emergency brake..so I take a brick w me for a parking brake!

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80

I tried it today with my 07 grand cherokee and it didn't drive without the front shaft.

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40

I drive my 01 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7l daily with only the rear shaft in it and have never had a problem.

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110

I have awd 1998 jeep grande cherokee lardo i got some noise comin for the tcase it makes the noise takin off. and up hills at slow speeds whn my jeep is up to speed it run fine i was thinking of takin off the the front drive shaft

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110

Yes I did n currently am driving my 04 jeep like that

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10

I have 08 Cherokee overland .I took out the front drive and the car does weird things in 4wd hi tranny makes noise in park.so I have to switch to 4wd lo then it's stuck in 5th gear ,lots of comprsession in engine ,seems like newer models need the drive shaft.

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10

Tried this on my 2008 grand and no you can not remove it. The car wont move at all without the front drive shaft.

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90

This Jeep Grand Cherokee, the WK, is full time 4WD. That means there is an open differential in the transfer case. When either drive shaft is removed, there is nothing for the center differential to torque against, and won't produce force to drive the wheels that have a driveshaft still attached. Same principle as a spinning wheel on one side of an axle without lockers engaged. The wheel with traction is still useless, because there is no resistance for the differential to torque against.

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I have a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited with a 4.7 4wd all wheel drive. I had the same crazy noise coming from the front end while driving from stop to about 45-55mph. When I would go faster I wouldn't here the noise as much or as harse! I finally figured out what it was without 3 different mechanics help!!! 1- told me it was the front hub!!! And that I had to change it right away because the wheel could fall off!! So I did. Didn't fix the problem! 2- told me it was making that noise because the bushings were bad in the control arms!!! 3- told me it was the CV axles! So after pricing all this at O'Reilly auto parts, I crawled my big butt under this thing and started my own investigation, and what I found was the front drive shaft moved way to much for my liking. So I removed it to check it out.(12) bolts total. Didn't know what I was looking for to know if it was bad or not, so I figured I would just take it to the parts store and figure out if it was bad. So not thinking I jumped into the jeep and started to drive to the parts store!! While driving I thought how's this possible with no front drive shaft.!!!! Anyway it drives great without the FRONT drive shaft! Was going to replace it right away but not for $629.00. lol 4wd is over rated right now!!!!!! Hope this helps and good luck.

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10

Nothing Dude! He just said he removed the prop shaft and...Presto Boe! Shit Just Worked Bro!

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