Front Driveshaft Question

[GhostWriter]

I pulled the front differential on the '08 Avalanche recently to make a couple of repairs easier.  Will be awhile before the jobs are completed.

 

Doing all the work in the driveway.  It occurred to me I may have to re-position the vehicle at some point; but, can't remember if the front driveshaft turns with transmission in neutral, and engine off.  Realize it's relatively easy to pull the shaft, but would like to avoid it if it's not necessary.  Any thoughts?  Thanks.

[Sharpz]

9 hours ago, GhostWriter said:

I pulled the front differential on the '08 Avalanche recently to make a couple of repairs easier.  Will be awhile before the jobs are completed.

 

Doing all the work in the driveway.  It occurred to me I may have to re-position the vehicle at some point; but, can't remember if the front driveshaft turns with transmission in neutral, and engine off.  Realize it's relatively easy to pull the shaft, but would like to avoid it if it's not necessary.  Any thoughts?  Thanks.

Im not really understanding what your question is, but if you are worried about if you can move the truck without the front drive shaft connected the answer is yes, and you wont need to worry about damaging anything.  This is, if in fact, you are talking about the front drive shaft that enables the 4 wheel drive.

[swathdiver]

My take is that he wants to know if the driveshaft turns in 2HI while moving the truck around in his yard.  The answer to that is no, the shaft does not turn in 2HI.  

 

More importantly, if the CV axles are out, the hubs will be fine for moving the truck around the driveway but will come apart if you drive it down the road.

 

A woman was killed this year when someone drove their RAM without the axle shafts in and a wheel came off on the highway and landed on her roof.

[diyer2]

Truck is in his driveway. You could use car dollies to move it. 

[GhostWriter]

Thanks for all the input, and sorry for the late response.  Seems like I used to get e-mail notifications when someone answers, but not anymore.

 

Will probably have to move the vehicle about 30 feet to have some laundry room appliances delivered to the basement.  Front differential & cv shafts are off the vehicle.  Front shaft is resting comfortably on the sway bar.  Was just trying to make sure front shaft doesn't try to turn when rolling vehicle while transmission is in neutral.  I suspect that it does not, but wasn't completely sure.   Sorry for being so cryptic.