WinterDeere
Elite Member
Yikes!I saw the results of that happen once. My neighbor left with his buddy in his jacket up Toyota to catch some trout... two hours later came back on a flatbed. They were going down the interstate doing about 65 when the front ujoint of the rear driveshaft failed, and they went end for end down the highway. He had just had both driveshafts rebuilt.
Back when I was occasionally taking my street cars to the track, I remember having to add a driveshaft hoop to one of them, before they'd let me bring it back to the track. But I haven't noticed any provisions on any of my factory cars, not that I've been specifically looking for it.I could be mistaken but believe that newer vehicles have a cross member which keeps the driveshaft from hitting the ground if it fails.