Thread: What happens if a vehicle is towed in the wrong way

Big mistake! Sorry
You will overheat the transmission and damage likely...
Sorry do you mean towed the D2 on its wheels rolling?

im not sure, all dad says is that he was towed 20kms, using a short tow rope.

That'll f...f...fix it!

Any auto needs to be towed wheels off road, that is on a trailer, or as stated in handbook otherwise the auto will be damaged.


Hope you got away without any damage, but ........


Cheers
Kev

Don't panic until you've tested it.

In Adelaide towing it would be low speed..

If the transfer box was also in neutral, you'll probably be ok. The small amount that the output shaft of the auto box could move like that would probably take a while to over heat. Putting it in park is best. Now if the auto box was in neutral and the transfer box was in high or low, the auto box could certainly over heat, due to the output shaft being driven by the transfer box without the transmission pump running to lubricate and cool things down.

I've seen some other makes and models of cars that could be towed short distances like with the auto in neutral, but they would require you to stop every few miles, start the engine, and run through the gears to get fluid everywhere.

Who cares about cooling the auto becuse the pumps not running?

I'd be a hell of a lot more concerned about lubing the bearings.

For most landies its Tcase in neutral auto in park, manual in neutral.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Don't panic until you've tested it.

In Adelaide towing it would be low speed..

That's the problem. The tow was on highway 1 between snow town and locheil at 80km's/h.

Shouldn't the raa guy have known what to do, since that's his job.

Originally Posted by mattadelaide1975

Shouldn't the raw guy have known what to do, since that's his job.

Yes. Or at least he should have been safe and put in on a trailer or roll back. Around here most of the tow drivers are afraid of causing damage, so if it's 4x4 or awd they won't attempt to tow it unless all the wheels are off the ground.