Hi Larry, I think if you don't let them run dry, they won't leave you stuck. By design, I don't see how the joint would separate unless you had a catastrophic failure. I've had mine go bad a couple times in 21 years of driving and, in my experience, it resulted in a vibration while accelerating, but things would balance out at a steady speed. However, heed the warning signs and take care of it asap - it will get worse. Most recently, I was getting some vibration off and on going to the Maine meet a couple weeks ago. The vibration seemed to go away, but then it started squeaking at low speeds when we stopped for the night on the way home. I dropped it out in the morning and packed it with grease in the motel parking lot (it wasn't dry) and it ran quiet and vibration-free for the remaining 600 miles home. I'm going to drive it to one more local show, but it's on my winter project list. Andy --- On Sun, 9/28/08, Larry Nirenberg <lnirenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Larry Nirenberg <lnirenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [Chrysler300] To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 2:17 PM I'm putting together the list of winter work and updating the axle is a consideration. When the ball and trunion driveshaft fails does it mean you can limp it home or I would be dead by the side of the road? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/