awd -> fwd questions Options

[JasonTX]

Sorry if its been covered before i did not see it in searches, but i have a question for any of you that have used the awd tranmission in your swaps. once you get it bolted to the motor can you drive it with out the propshaft and rear diff? my understanding is its gonna split 50/50 between the front and rear so i'm a bit concerned of burning it out with no load from the rear. is there a way to lock out the center diff and use it in a FWD configuration? Can someone confirm one way or the other? i'de like to drvie it to a friends lift but he's about 150 miles away

thanks

-jec

This post has been edited by JasonTX: Jan 14, 2014 - 1:03 PM

[Ryouxrs]

You can drive it with awd tranny and no rear end if you remove the center diff that powers the prop shaft and have it welded. I'll see if I can find pics but if you take off the end of the transmission that attaches to the passenger side axle the diff is right there. Unbolt the ring gear housing and what you need to weld is inside the 2 halves. It almost looks like a WWII hand Granade that ways about 15-20 lbs. lol.

As for the prop shaft you'll have to either weld up a hanger so the first section of the 3 piece drive shaft is in the tranny so it won't leak fluid or fab up a bracket off of the tail shaft to hold a plug in the seal.

My car has been running with the center diff welded and half the driveshaft under the car for over a year now and 20k miles on those mods with zero problems. I have yet to get my 4wd installed. And from personal experience. The car won't want to move at all until you get to about 30 miles an hour in 3rd gear unless you do these mods or put in 4wd and in this case as said above you'll burn out the diff if you try. Let alone have no fluid in your trans without the driveshaft installed. Hope this helps.

[JasonTX]

You can drive it with awd tranny and no rear end if you remove the center diff that powers the prop shaft and have it welded. I'll see if I can find pics but if you take off the end of the transmission that attaches to the passenger side axle the diff is right there. Unbolt the ring gear housing and what you need to weld is inside the 2 halves. It almost looks like a WWII hand Granade that ways about 15-20 lbs. lol.

As for the prop shaft you'll have to either weld up a hanger so the first section of the 3 piece drive shaft is in the tranny so it won't leak fluid or fab up a bracket off of the tail shaft to hold a plug in the seal.

My car has been running with the center diff welded and half the driveshaft under the car for over a year now and 20k miles on those mods with zero problems. I have yet to get my 4wd installed. And from personal experience. The car won't want to move at all until you get to about 30 miles an hour in 3rd gear unless you do these mods or put in 4wd and in this case as said above you'll burn out the diff if you try. Let alone have no fluid in your trans without the driveshaft installed. Hope this helps.

yeah unfortunatly welding the dif and blocking the shaft is out of the question for me as i'll want the awd functional. I just need it on the lift cause i dont weld well out of position. And since i got rid of the truck i don't have a vehicle that i can pull a heavy trailer with anymore.

actually the tractor will pull it no problem , lol i just cant pull it 150 miles on that thing

this is good info for someone who has no other transmission and need to use the once from the swap though.