Thanks, Marc!
It is a crap shoot as to whether to tie the driveshaft off to one side on
a 1600, or tow it with the driveshaft in place. I thought about using an
old fron u-joint yoke to replace the driveshaft in the trans, but it would
be messy and have to be done on the dolly, then you would have to top off
the trans when you got where you were going! Has anyone tried driving the
car on the dolly backwards? I know it puts more vertical load on the front
wheels, and the steering box, so it seems that the only way to REALLY tow
our cars safely is on a trailer!
Peace,
Pat
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, mtyler wrote:
> Patrick J. Horne wrote
>
> >I have a friend that owned a wrecker service that had to buy a corvette a
> >new engine when the trans was in neutral at the beginning of a tow that
> >went into gear when the driver hit a rather large bump, causing something
> >in the car to push the trans into gear. The driver didn't notice the
> >additional
> >drag caused by turning the engine. 30 miles doen the road it was shot.
> >....... At least that is what I was told!
> >
> >Peace,
> >Pat
> I can show you a nicely exploded picture of a 320 transmission housing
> from just such an incident. Or a picture of a nicely exploded 320
> transmission housing... Look before you tow...
>
> http://datsun_marc.tripod.com/cgi-bin/transmission.jpg
>
> Of course the downside of pulling the DS in the 1600 is that the gearbox
> oil will come out! Can the drive shaft be safely disconnected at the
> diff end and tied up in place without interfering with the diff input
> flange?
>
> -Marc T.
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