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Hello,
The drive shaft is made up of a fair few parts.
The top left-hand side of the picture is where, if you were to look under the car on the passenger side, there would be 6 bolts holding the drive shaft to the gearbox drive flange.
If you put the car in gear and release the clutch, its not moving forward at all.
@Howie was saying that the side that is moving is broken. I am going to write what he said in a long-winded way.
@Howey please correct any of my mistakes if you would be so kind
The gearbox has a differntial gear set-up. For example, if the front of your car was on jack stands and not broken, you could put it in gear, and both wheels would turn in the air. However, you could stop one of these wheels from turning if you put your foot against it. That is because the differential in the gearbox is doing its thing.
Your car is on the ground and not moving. If the drive shaft has failed on one side at the inner joint, you should be able to see the gearbox inner flange turning. If it has failed at the outer joint, the whole drive shaft should be tuning round.
I hope that makes some sense.