[srad600]

Even though I have read that and think I might understand, I also know that folks have driven Jeeps all over the place with no front drive shaft installed without issues....kind of makes you wonder what the difference would be.

I dont see how thats similar at all? Am I missing something? The Dolly is bad because the T-case is being "spun" while not being lubricated. Spun by the back shaft. Pulling the front shaft while driving in RWD does not change any of that.


Anywho......I think the bigger issue with tow dolly and the OP is, how the hell would it fit? lol. My 35" arent gonna fit on my tow dolly at all. Not even close. lol

 

[srad600]

I just took a 4000 mile trip to California/Arizona and back last month. I had the Jeep on a tow dolly the entire way. I just disconnected the rear driveshaft from the pinion yoke, taped the u-joint, and bunjee corded the shaft up out of the way. I re-connected and disconnected a few times during the trip whenever I wanted to go wheeling. It wasn't a big deal and I got faster at it each time I did it.

I think he was comparing having a jeep on a tow dolly to driving a jeep with the front driveshaft pulled. In both cases the rear output at the t-case is spinning and the front output is not.

I know a lot of the tow dollies aren't wide enough, but the one I rented was plenty wide enough for 12.5 inch wide tires. I only have 10.5s on my jeep, but I had more than an inch clearance on both sides of the tires.

Yeah but on the tow dolly the jeep is not running and the t case is not being lubricated properly. With no shaft in the front and driving that is not an issue.


I was just trying to be funny-ish with the tow dolly thing. I didn't know there was one big enough tho.

 

[srad600]

I think you missed the point. The engine running has nothing to do with the tc getting lubed. The engine is not running when towing 4 down either. The problem is when the front yoke is not turning, but the back one is.

I did in fact miss half the point because I miss read a post also. I thought it was lubed only when engine running so I learned there. Never considered flat tow personally because of my thoughts on the engine needing to be running. Figured flat tow was just as bad. I was under the impression the only way to safely tow with out pulling shafts was flat bed/trailer.