Re: Towing an 86 4kq

[raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)]

If you have a standard, the transmission should be fine.  I think autos are
a problem.

>At 12:33 PM 10/16/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I believe for towing a 4-wheel drive vehicle you must have all four wheels
>off the ground for a long distance.  Keeping the engine off and pulling the
>car is bad for the transmission and I believe it can ruin it. If you tow it
>for a short distance it is OK. But don't go 100's of miles.  My friend's
>Jeep Cherokee has a thing that disengages the transmission so it can be
>towed.  You need to get a trailer to put the car on.
>
>
>>I don't think there should be any problems as long as the 4 wheels are
>>on
>>the ground - after all, this is how your car works every day.  Damage
>>might
>>occur if the car is towed with two wheels on the air which are not
>>allowed
>>to turn. This would cause the spider gears in the center diferential to
>>spin rapidly and continuously, a function they were not designed to do -
>>kind of like launching a 2wd car with one wheel spinning and the other
>>not.
>>
>>Luis Marques
>>marques@ti.com
>>
>>--- Steve wrote:
>>>
>>> Can an 86 4kq be towed with all four wheels down while in neutral?
>>>
>>> I thought I read about damage being done when towed by a wrecker.  OTOH,
>>> the guys that race their 84 4kq in Kansas say they tow their car all over
>>> the midwest on all four behing a 5ktq.
>>

Richard Funnell,
San Jose, California
'83 urQ
'87 560 SL