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1. [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "William C. Quincy" <wquincy@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:23:05 -0600; Greetings Listers, Several years ago I found a tow bar that matched the bumper hole pattern perfectly for my TR3. I've used it many times with inconsistent results when turning corners. Some times th; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00516.html (7,359 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: John Young <jeyoung_2@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:59:12 -0800 (PST); Many years ago, I was towing a Packard with a tow bar (I know, not a Triumph, but at that time, I didn't know about Triumphs). Anyway, it was behaving the way you describe, but it tore the bumper off; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00518.html (8,017 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:12:38 -0700; The answer is a lightweight two wheel trailer. Prevents wear and tear on the car. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00519.html (9,537 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: BearTranserv@aol.com; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:23:55 EST; I've always tied the steering wheel straight when using a tow bar with any car. Yeah, I guess it scrubs a bit on corners, but tracks a lot better on the strait bits. Robert B. Houston Texan in New Me; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00521.html (8,581 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "Chris Simonsen" <ccsimonsen@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:34:09 -0500; my vote is alignment, then possibily the steering box is so worn it wont drive in reverse - The few times I towed my TR2 with the homebuilt towbar (bolts to frame rails vs. bumper) the steering wheel; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00522.html (8,417 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: DLylis@aol.com; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:49:56 EST; My understanding is that this is something you do not want to do unless you disconnect the prop shaft. The reasoning is that the oil is circulated through the tranny by the rotation of the input shaf; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00528.html (8,483 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "Tony Gordon" <triumph@2simpleusa.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:09:29 -0500; I think this somewhat akin to the brake fluid, gearbox oil and other such unresolved matters of how the universe works. A standard manual trans. does not have an oil pump (unlike an auto trans that d; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00529.html (10,451 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "Ann and Tim Buja" <buja@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:49:35 -0600; The LT77 five-speed manual gearbox used in TR7 and TR8 uses tapered roller bearings and has an oil pump driven from the countershaft, which only turns when the engine is running and the clutch is eng; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00530.html (8,756 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: Catpusher@aol.com; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:54:50 EST; -I suspect that I have the record for miles flat towing a TR3; I even did most of it with a 1967 Jaguar E Type Coupe (my only other car at the time) well over 100,000 miles with the tow bar The probl; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00531.html (9,402 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: <tedtsimx@bright.net>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:34:30 -0500; Tony, TR2 - 6 does not ahve a pump. But all 5 speed TR7 & TR8's have an oil _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported in par; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00532.html (11,933 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:25:13 EST; No urban legend. The problem is that with the engine off all the parts down in the oil are not turning so there is no oil distribution. Then the main shaft turns inside the now stationary gears since; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00533.html (9,114 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "Tony Gordon" <triumph@2simpleusa.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:41:36 -0500; I didn't know that! My education on the mechanical side stopped once I could afford a car that I didn't have to wrench on every weekend to keep it going ... which was about 1975, so my mechanical kno; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00534.html (10,181 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:36:44 -0800; Late TR6 with OD also have a pump. The mainshaft is drilled to carry oil from the OD pump to the bushings inside the main gearbox. Randall _______________________________________________ Support Tea; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00537.html (7,998 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:38:27 -0800; And for the same reason, they don't follow a tow bar well when starting a corner. Except of course for later TR4, which did have some castor. Randall _______________________________________________; /html/triumphs/2008-01/msg00540.html (8,021 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:48:26 +0000; The longer the tow bar and the shorter the distance from your truck's rear axle to the trailer hitch, the fewer problems you will have with this. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 196; /html/triumphs/2008-02/msg00004.html (8,096 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:55:42 +0000; This varies by car, transmission designs being different. I fried the transmission output bearing on a Cortina GT this way. Saturn has released a bulletin that flat-towing all their Manual cars and; /html/triumphs/2008-02/msg00005.html (8,155 bytes)

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