so my cousin just called me up and is on a move to san diego from the east coast. his santa fe AWD just broke its drive shaft and he asked me if he could still make it there.

im curious if the shaft broke to the rear wheels he could still drive but it be dumb as hell to

any info, comments, or suggestions?

12/27/2009 9:45:26 PM

Get it repaired before continuing the trip. Period. You shouldn't be driving with a broken driveshaft.

[Edited on December 27, 2009 at 9:51 PM. Reason : this is common sense]

12/27/2009 9:51:24 PM

My guess is that it's probably driveable, but that it will be really bad for the transfer case.

how the hell did he break a driveshaft on a santa fe?

12/27/2009 9:54:32 PM

idk must have been a retard move how he did it. but yea, somehow he was able to drive it to a garage but i told him he needed to get it fixed, no telling what type of damage is done after he kept driving.

12/27/2009 11:38:40 PM

I mean, it likely wouldn't hurt anything to drive it a little ways, but you don't want to do it long-term.

In some of the old full-time 4x4s (AWD with a manually lockable t-case), you'll see people disconnect the front driveshaft for better fuel economy and drive it like that long-term. It's bad for the t-case in some (all?) cases, but people do it.

12/28/2009 1:03:51 AM

ist it a 5 speed?

12/28/2009 8:01:32 AM