<VV> How safe is it to drive w/ bad pinion bearings

[corvairs]

Nothing serious should happen other than the fact that the differential 
will probably lock up imobilizing the vehicle where it sits. Don't drive 
it anywhere! Lon

www.corvairunderground.com

Daniel Goldberg wrote:

>Apparently my '65 Corsa has bad differential pinion bearings which, when the car is under load, causes it to behave as if it were driving over railroad ties.  
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>Swapping out the differential in my condo complex parking lot will be inconvenient at best.  I can take it to one of two locations to perform the swap -- one is 10 miles from my home, the other is 30.  Getting to either location requires traveling at highway speeds.
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>Will anything horrible happen if I drive either of these distances, or should I do the most risk averse thing and perform the swap in my parking lot?
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>daniel
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