[Frenchy]

On looking thru the owners manual on a 408 with the 313 and cast iron Torqueflite automatic, which I believe someone called a type A-466, vs the later 727, it says if one has to tow a 408 on its rear wheels, the driveshaft must be disconnected. However, after looking at the driveline ends, all axial available movement for pushing the driveshaft forward to clear the rear axle's Ujoint yoke is in the front two roller Ujoint, and that Ujoint housing looks like it might not have enough fore/aft travel for the rear end of the shaft to clear the differential's yoke when disconnected. Can anyone help me out here re the forward travel? It also doesn't appear that the shaft can be removed completely - if necessary - due to no space at the front to clear the transmission, but possibly at the rear if one has full car weight on the axle, with car on a lift, to slide the shaft out below the differential due to the tall vertical slot in the chassis crossmember. OR - worst case - does the axle have to be dropped??