Can I tow my tracker with the back wheels down on a car dolly if I disconnect the driveshaft?

just put the tcase and tranny in neutral..no need to disconect the driveshaft

I'm disconnecting the rear DS anyway, just to be safe. I just wanted to know if it'd do any damage to the axle, towing it 200 miles. :-/

nope none at all..my tracker was towed probably a good 30k miles on all fours with both drive shafts connected all the time

it used to be my grandparents tow rig for behind there motor home

I dunno ..... letting an axle rotate the
gears in oil for 200 miles could be bad  



Wild

Sorry I had to be a smartass on this one  

I've just always heard that you've gotta tow a RWD vehicle front wheels down. :-/

So it's alright to tow it on a dolly with the back wheels down, then?

I flat tow my samurai all over the place, I just pull the rear drive line out, both ends.  on yours I would pull it then take a sandwich bag and put it over the rear out put with a couple of rubber bands to keep the dirt out or stuff a paper towel in there or something. any spare slip yokes laying around??? buy a plastic one from snapon.

I flat tow my samurai all over the place, I just pull the rear drive line out, both ends.  on yours I would pull it then take a sandwich bag and put it over the rear out put with a couple of rubber bands to keep the dirt out or stuff a paper towel in there or something. any spare slip yokes laying around??? buy a plastic one from snapon.

Hrm... I think some duct tape and a couple rags'll do as good a job as a plastic slipyoke... and much cheaper, too

Plus I don't have a clue where there are any snapon trucks around here :-/

You can tow it with back wheels down without dissconnecting the d/s if you only go 50 miles and stay under 50 mph. As you said you were going 200 miles id pull out the d/s. You can also tow it backwards if you have manual hubs. On any 4wd if you can rotate the front d/s freely when vehicle is parked and not running then you can tow it backwards. with rear wheels on dolly I mean.

Yeah, since I've got a vehicle capable of it, I'd like to go at least 70

My manual hubs don't come unlocked anymore... they're all gunked up (drivers side is fucked up), so to unlock them, I'd have to take 'em apart and remove the gear dealie.

So if I do disconnect the rear DS, I'll be ok on the freeway for 200 miles, right?

Yeah, i would say so........the only thing moving at that point would be the axle shafts and the gears.....

That's what I figured, but I've heard from other people that you can't tow RWD vehicles with the wheels down... that it messes something up. :-/

Of course if I fucked up the back axle, just more of a reason to go to narrowed D60's

That's what I figured, but I've heard from other people that you can't tow RWD vehicles with the wheels down... that it messes something up. :-/

Well, they're sort of right... that's why you disconnect the driveshaft... If you weren't to, then you would most likely be causing some problems.

Well, they're sort of right... that's why you disconnect the driveshaft... If you weren't to, then you would most likely be causing some problems.

my car has about 110k miles on the drivetrain...it was flat towed for 70k miles of that..it has no problems never has had any problems   so i dont get why other people would have had problems

edit..with both drive shafts connected aswell as 3 other 99-04 vitaras/grand vitaras none of them have any problems with any part of their drive train

An auto trans might have some issues
with flat towing, but that would be it.

Wild