Remove front drive shaft, better mpg?

[Haskins1111]

I was wondering if anyone had taken off the front drive shaft to get better mpg?

 

[therealratfink]

I take mine off, but I have hubs. Without unlocking hubs, no real change can be had.

 

[ArmyFJ]

With hubs on 4X2 ( from half of my part time kit) and the front d/s out I didn't notice a big change. but seat of the pants power was slightly better...3FE pushing 37s you cannot hope for much.

 

[KingBeeIII]

I guess every little bit helps.

 

[CJF]

You've installed a CDL switch?

Curtis

 

[ArmyFJ]

Good call, CFJ. Haskins you will have to do that for sure.

 

[OGBeno]

Waste of time.

Either go the entire way with a part-time kit or just keep the front drive shaft in.

-o-

 

[ArmyFJ]

I concur. I am putting in my spool this weekend.

 

[Doc]

Complete waste of time and effort from my testing.

 

[alia176]

Totally worth my time; power and mileage gains.

 

[anderaa13]

I just did the part-time conversion. I noticed a slight increase in power and fuel economy. I don't have any hard numbers on the mpg gains becaused I changed tires at roughly the same time, but I will say I'm getting more miles out of a tank of gas than I have seen since the truck was stock. I would guess I get an extra 30-50 miles per tank.

I've heard people say it handles worse in 2wd, but I can barely tell a difference.

aaron

 

[alia176]

I've heard people say it handles worse in 2wd, but I can barely tell a difference.

aaron

In this area, your particular suspension setup may negate the funky 2wd feeling. I feel no difference at all either but when I had all OME J springs/shocks I did feel the nose rise up on accel.

 

[OGBeno]

Totally worth my time; power and mileage gains.

But your set up is **slightly** different....

 

[ArmyFJ]

I will post my gains on Wednesday, expecting 18 mpg...