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Old 08-22-2009, 02:23 PM
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Disconnecting Rear Driveshaft for Towing ?

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone could give me a quick How-To to go about this to prepare the SVX for towing (and anythign else I need to do). I did a search and couldn't find nada, only suggestions about doing it in order to tow... but nothing indepth for the mechanically-challenged lol.
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Old 08-22-2009, 02:36 PM
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Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone could give me a quick How-To to go about this to prepare the SVX for towing (and anythign else I need to do). I did a search and couldn't find nada, only suggestions about doing it in order to tow... but nothing indepth for the mechanically-challenged lol.
Assuming that you are going to use a tow dolly so that the front tires do not contact the ground/road, just remove the four driveshaft nuts at the driveshaft flange to rear differential flange with a 12mm wrench.
Then move the driveshaft aside and secure it to , say the exhaust so that it does not rub against the spinning read diff flange.
If you are NOT using a tow dolly, let us know as the procedure is different.
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Old 08-22-2009, 03:29 PM
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Assuming that you are going to use a tow dolly so that the front tires do not contact the ground/road, just remove the four driveshaft nuts at the driveshaft flange to rear differential flange with a 12mm wrench.
Then move the driveshaft aside and secure it to , say the exhaust so that it does not rub against the spinning read diff flange.
If you are NOT using a tow dolly, let us know as the procedure is different.
This is EXACTLY what i was looking for. Thanks a million!!!!
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Old 08-23-2009, 06:46 PM
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Re: Disconnecting Rear Driveshaft for Towing ?

Be careful because the car will drag the back bumper on the ground easily, they warn you in the owners manual about it. I've seen this happen with a SVX on a tow truck.
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Old 08-23-2009, 07:21 PM
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Be careful because the car will drag the back bumper on the ground easily, they warn you in the owners manual about it. I've seen this happen with a SVX on a tow truck.
But it should never happen with a tow dolly.
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Re: Disconnecting Rear Driveshaft for Towing ?

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Be careful because the car will drag the back bumper on the ground easily, they warn you in the owners manual about it. I've seen this happen with a SVX on a tow truck.
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A tow dolly will not generate nearly a steep enough angle to cause the rear bumper to scrape.

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Re: Disconnecting Rear Driveshaft for Towing ?

No it wouldn't, but I felt it should be noted as useful and relevant information should anyone be reading or come across the thread searching for what they might need to do if they were going to tow the car with 2 wheels off the ground, in case someone disregarded the warning about doing so because they assumed that it was simply because of the AWD. I experienced this exact thing happen when someone had their FWD 94 towed to me, the back bumper was ground down and the exaust was damaged. The owner had to pay to have it fixed, and he said he knew that the car wasn't supposed to be towed that way but that he thought that applied to AWD models only.
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No it wouldn't, but I felt it should be noted as useful and relevant information should anyone be reading or come across the thread searching for what they might need to do if they were going to tow the car with 2 wheels off the ground, in case someone disregarded the warning about doing so because they assumed that it was simply because of the AWD. I experienced this exact thing happen when someone had their FWD 94 towed to me, the back bumper was ground down and the exaust was damaged. The owner had to pay to have it fixed, and he said he knew that the car wasn't supposed to be towed that way but that he thought that applied to AWD models only.
Good point.
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Re: Disconnecting Rear Driveshaft for Towing ?

Not only but also. If it is a VTD AWD, you can't tow it any distance at all, on the rear or front wheels. It will destroy the center diff.

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Not only but also. If it is a VTD AWD, you can't tow it any distance at all, on the rear or front wheels. It will destroy the center diff.

Harvey.
You can tow a VTD for a short distance and at a low speed. A longer distance at speed will give the centre diff. a hard time, "but destroy it," is rather an exaggeration.

However, if a late model Australian model VTD is involved, and a claimed change in the C solenoid valve is correct, the centre diff. clutch could certainly suffer in a big way, depending on a build up of pressure.
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Not only but also. If it is a VTD AWD, you can't tow it any distance at all, on the rear or front wheels. It will destroy the center diff.

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Harvey, if the driveshaft is disconnected, and there is no thing connecting the transmission to the on the road wheel that are turning.....
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You can tow a VTD for a short distance and at a low speed. A longer distance at speed will give the centre diff. a hard time, "but destroy it," is rather an exaggeration.

However, if a late model Australian model VTD is involved, and a claimed change in the C solenoid valve is correct, the centre diff. clutch could certainly suffer in a big way, depending on a build up of pressure.
Trevor, if the driveshaft is disconnected, and there is no thing connecting the transmission to the on the road wheel that are turning.....
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Trevor, if the driveshaft is disconnected, and there is no thing connecting the transmission to the on the road wheel that are turning.....
You do not have a problem.
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Harvey, if the driveshaft is disconnected, and there is no thing connecting the transmission to the on the road wheel that are turning.....
Or if it is put on a all up lift truck, and nothing is on the road,,,,,,,,,,
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Trevor, if the driveshaft is disconnected, and there is no thing connecting the transmission to the on the road wheel that are turning.....
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Harvey, if the driveshaft is disconnected, and there is no thing connecting the transmission to the on the road wheel that are turning.....
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Or if it is put on a all up lift truck, and nothing is on the road,,,,,,,,,,
Only if the truck can fly.
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