Driving along happily yesterday afternoon in my 1989 90, god awful noise from underneath, pulled over to the side of the road, looked in wing mirror and saw a dark object in the road around 30 yards behind me - yep, it was my front propshaft.
The propshaft itself seems fairly unscathed bar a few scratches. The UJs have been obliterated though.
Q1: Is this fairly unheard of, or do propshafts 'occasionally drop off?! Q2: Is it unreasonable to simply reattach with new UJs, or is there some underlying fault which caused this to happen? Q3: Should I have been able to select 'Low Range' on the 4x4 gear stick and drive home - because I couldn't and thought I should have been able to (or does the vehicle have to move forward to engage this gear)?
TIA, Angus