Towing a 2g awd?

[99vipereater]

So I'm aware that you have to have all or non of the tires spinning when towing an awd. So the question I have is I need to tow my car 2 miles without the driveline. Will this ruin my center diff? I could rent a dolly and tow it with the front wheels of the ground to be safe but is it worth the money to go two miles.

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Yes it is. A friend and I towed my old AWD parts car 1 mile and trashed an axle in the process. The rears even locked up on us within 20 feet. We weren't even out of my uncle's driveway when the rears locked up on us. So flat bed it, or dolly it if push comes to shove, but you can damage something towing an AWD car for just feet.

 

[96 420a-t]

Pull your. Drive shaft and put the front tires on the dolly. Or flatbed it is best.

 

[99vipereater]

The drive shaft is out and can't go back, so I'll dolly it. I need to weld a new stud in for the driveshaft carrier bearing that's why I'm towing it to a friends close by. I really don't want to spend 45 dollars on a car dolly just to weld a stud in my car.

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Good call. Better safe than sorry.

 

[99vipereater]

Yes it is. A friend and I towed my old AWD parts car 1 mile and trashed an axle in the process. The rears even locked up on us within 20 feet. We weren't even out of my uncle's driveway when the rears locked up on us. So flat bed it, or dolly it if push comes to shove, but you can damage something towing an AWD car for just feet.

So when you towed your car it was without the driveline and you had problems?

 

[99vipereater]

I think the easiest option will be to borrow the welder it may be heavy to lift into the back of a truck but will save some money

 

[dave99gst]

if the drive shaft is out - you got no problem.

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

if the drive shaft is out - you got no problem.

Bingo! You're ready to dolly it.

 

[954TalonTsi]

If the drive shaft is out then youll have no problem towinf with two wheels on the ground. The problem would only arise if driveshaft were in and two wheels were tied down as when you moved it, the shaft would try to spin either front or back axels. Im a tow truck operator and I tow big four.wheel drive trucks all the time, this is what I do to move them. Driveshaft out = your good

 

[zanderson]

You'll be fine with that drive shaft out, I would leave it some space to spin when you wire it up, for when you're putting in on the dolly otherwise the front tires arn't going to spin very well if at all. I have dollyed 3 home that were all roughly 4 hours away in the past 6 months, and after the first one things got a lot easier. I would also recomend having some small wood blocks to put in front of the tires to lift the front of the car as you push/ pull it up for the bumper and frame have caught on all 3 I have brought home, a come along works great woud highly recomend using one. Good Luck!

 

[99vipereater]

Well what I'm wondering is will I be fine towing it with all four wheels on the ground and no driveline

 

[Absit]

If all 4 wheels are staying on the ground..well first how are you towing it? But second you should be fine, as long as they're all spinning or not spinning you're good.

 

[99vipereater]

If all 4 wheels are staying on the ground..well first how are you towing it? But second you should be fine, as long as they're all spinning or not spinning you're good.

Tow strap. Won't it cause friction in the center diff( the reason we tow our cars with all the wheels off the ground)? The fronts are spinning and the backs are esentially not because there's no rotation going from the rear tires to the t/case ( missing driveline).

 

[Absit]

I know what you said, and I meant what I said, if they're all doing the same thing you didn't need to disconnect anything.

 

[954TalonTsi]

If all four tires are rolling its fine. It will not ruin the center diff because the fuild, sssuming u didnt drain it, will keep yhr gears from seizing

 

[95TalonOwner]

Nothing is going to get ruined no matter how you tow it because YOUR DRIVESHAFT IS OUT. I guess you could still mess things up if you tow it by the two driver's side wheels or vice versa haha.

 

[99vipereater]

I know what you said, and I meant what I said, if they're all doing the same thing you didn't need to disconnect anything.

I had to remove my drive-line. my carrier bearing stud is stripped the reason im towing the car to get a new one welded in.

Nothing is going to get ruined no matter how you tow it because YOUR DRIVESHAFT IS OUT. I guess you could still mess things up if you tow it by the two driver's side wheels or vice versa haha.

I'd need alot bigger truck, than the Frontier im using, to tow it sideways. .