70hemicuda

So i have been working on my hack n tap sye for the past 2 days trying to get my jeep drivable for my senior prom. well i didnt finish and i was wondering if i could drive in front wheel drive at highway speeds and for like an hour in total. thanks!

Illuminator

Sounds like a bad idea to me, my moms zj, had the rear spider gears go out but due to it having quadratrac we didn't know and kept driving on the front axle, we ended up eating the front ring and pinion gears.

DieselD

At highway speeds? No.

stang65

what didnt you finish on the sye? is it one hour each way or 30mins one way?

dBusteR

Skip prom, stick the money saved not going to an overrated event into your XJ!

No having to drive that hour then and you can stick more money into the XJ

Atmos

yeah none of these guys have read the owners manual. you can go up to 55mph in 4hi. and since your rear axle isnt connected, you wont have to worry about the roads being dry. but out of all the kids going to this dance you can't find a ride?

hankthetank

two days for a hack n tap? you must be close to done by now?!?!? are you missing a driveshaft or what? I would just finish it. but on the other hand, if I had to get somewhere fast with no rear shaft, I would do it. My friend mike did it once in his '90. he snapped his rear joint and drove 1 1/2 hrs home at about 80km/hr. your call, its hard on the front though.

Turbo X_J

Why risk being SOL on the side of the road and miss your prom, PLUS having to deal with a PO girlfriend? Drive something that isn't in a basket.

hankthetank

Meh, we all risk being s.o.l. at various points in life. some of us just have more than others.

Turbo X_J

The "SOL" would be "OK" as long as the "GF" wasn't "PO'ed" on prom night.

Atmos

he never said he had one of those


just go to the junk yard and buy a rusty old plymouth superbird and tell them you had to steal it because you're getting a foot shape gas pedal installed in your hemi. prom king for sure. leave the jeep at home

DieselD

Ditch your date

Drive dads Audi

Kiss prom queen

Get black eye

70hemicuda

Okay so i ended up finishing the sye but ran outta time to hook up the drive shaft. Took my moms acura which ended up better for my girl because its lower for her lol. Thanks for all the responses people, but yeah didnt wanna risk braking anything and missing prom. Figured id check here first b4 i did anything stupid!

Bustedback

I get jokes. I'm your sister! I'm your sister! I'm your sister!

Slim357

Go for it wont hurt it if your at 55mph or below. Just dnt know that id do it for an extended period of time on a daily driven XJ like armymedic did. I was gonna get his old tcase since he got a new one but it wouldnt stay locked into 4hi cuz he had run it so long and hard (highway and city driving) he had to drive home from uwharrie nc in 4hi to wilmington nc not an easy task at 70-80mph on the tcase