I want to remove the rear axles and possibly the driveshaft from my 300D parts car. I'm later going to have the car towed away. I'm under the impression that the driveshaft/rear axles don't provide any needed support for the car to be dragged down the road. Is that true or am i wrong?

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1983 300 Turbo-"Nora"
1983 240D Auto "Lucia"-slowest on earth-1st love
1985 300 Turbo-Blue Goose-slowly plucking parts

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So what you are asking is "can I tow my 300d on just the trailing arms and subframe? " I just pulled the entire subframe from my 83sd and I think its possible. I don't believe the half shaft bears any weight.

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

That's exactly my question Thayler. Thanks for the help. Anyone else confirm?

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1983 300 Turbo-"Nora"
1983 240D Auto "Lucia"-slowest on earth-1st love
1985 300 Turbo-Blue Goose-slowly plucking parts

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You are correct.

When I finally stripped down my 240D and had what was left of the body hauled away on a rollback it was missing the following drivetrain items:
engine, 4 spd trans, driveshaft, halfshafts, rear diff, all wheels. I used a floorjack to support the rear half of the car while it was winched on the rollback platform.

I did keep various body parts, you might want to do the same.

Alan

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Yes true - that would work. But I'd try and save the trailing arms too! (But then you will have a problem towing)

not if you dropped the body down onto a random solid axle rear end with a couple of cinderblocks to space it and chained it all together.

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Or even get them to crane the car onto a low loader or lock the front wheels and just tow from the back!

If you are talking about the blue goose in your sig. line,
you may want to pull that diff. and odom. too.

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82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

Hey Jack. It's the blue goose that the parts are coming off from. What's odom stand for?

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1983 300 Turbo-"Nora"
1983 240D Auto "Lucia"-slowest on earth-1st love
1985 300 Turbo-Blue Goose-slowly plucking parts

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