Can I drive the car like this??? (RWD only!!)

[mrtwo]

Hey guys,

Long time no post- but lets get to the point.

Sunday I began to feel a vibration on the steering wheel while driving, similiar to a wheel bearing vibration or misalignment. I came to a stop sign (in the middle of a blizzard, SNOW everywhere) and got stuck. At this point I realized I had lost FWD. Only my rears were spinning. I got out of the car, and to my horror, found 5 bearings in the snow next to the drivers side front wheel, along with some chunks of metal/ grease which resembled a casing of some sort.
Lol, i know this is bad. So i have several questions. Relevant info: This car has had a torn CV boot for several months, and yes it had been clicking for about a month.

1) Can I drive the car for several days (OUT of boost, RWD only) until the weekend arrives?
2) Im assuming that the CV joint is destroyed. I haven't looked at it on the lift yet, however. Could I have some tranny damage? I drove it home that night about 1/4 mile to my friends house. Its been there since.
3) Or could this just be a wheel-bearing issue? Pardon my ignorance ye wisemen.

Thank you for your input!

Joe

 

[SpoOLxExO]

If I do remeber correctly, I saw a similar case on the talon digest.
The moral of the story the tranny is about to pop, so get ready for it.

Drive it up, you'll prolly have to do a trans anyways at this point!

 

[mrtwo]

so youre saying i should

1) get a video camera

2) get some bleach

3) post some sweet 1g burnouts?

 

[Jebus[tuning]]

Originally posted by mrtwo
so youre saying i should

1) get a video camera

2) get some bleach

3) post some sweet 1g burnouts?

I would say so!!!! :laugh:

 

[theTuner]

your rear end cant handle all the power for along period of time, i drove around like this for 2 months or so [my cv joint got destroyed also] but i wasnt getting on the gas, i replaced my axle and i was ok, well im ok for now it seems.

o yes and during those 2 months of RWD, one rainy day and i slid and crashed. it sucked.

 

[jra4e]

2 words, hot stuff...


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