L322 Drive shaft.

Good afternoon all.
Newbie here after some advice please.

02 Plate L332. Was on way home from work yesterday when something went bang. Almost like I had run over something.
Sounded horrible, metal on metal. Vibrating wen braking. Very loud.
Got the car on my driveway and noticed the cv boot hanging off. N/S/F with all the grease dripping out. (Hoping I’ve uploaded pic correctly). Lol.
Even on tick over the car just doesn’t sound right. I can’t get to look at it till tomorrow and was just wondering if any one could give me any advice. Thanks in advance.

I think you need to see if the drive shaft has snapped, I suspect not looking at the position of that CV boot. Have a look and see what condition it's in.

backinblack said:

I think you need to see if the drive shaft has snapped, I suspect not looking at the position of that CV boot. Have a look and see what condition it's in.

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That’s the plan for tomorrow morning mate. start stripping and see what I find. Just hope it’s nothing catastrophic cos it didn’t sound good. Lol. Thanks.

Update. I think something took the drive shaft out. I’m going to try and post a video and pic. But the shaft that goes from gearbox to transfer box is hitting the anti roll bar when spinning.

RangeyMitch said:

View attachment 201245 Update. I think something took the drive shaft out. I’m going to try and post a video and pic. But the shaft that goes from gearbox to transfer box is hitting the anti roll bar when spinning.

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So there must be an engine or gearbox mount that has failed. I can't think of anything else that would allow the prop to drop like that.

Datatek said:

So there must be an engine or gearbox mount that has failed. I can't think of anything else that would allow the prop to drop like that.

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Yeah but can’t see anything obvious. To be honest it felt like the engine mounting came away lol. It sounded catastrophic so off to the garage in week.