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Re: [TR] Flat Towing a TR6

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Subject: Re: [TR] Flat Towing a TR6
From: David P <frogeye@porterscustom.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 12:57:24 -0600
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If a top fill hole, overfill the gearbox another quart..

On 7/7/2021 12:17 PM, Q wrote:
> Flat towing a manual transmission is problematic in that the gear sets 
> are all stationery but the but the main-shaft is spinning within the 
> main-shaft cluster.  This is an issue as the way oil is feed to the 
> main-shaft is from the oil being carried and flung off the gears.
>
> So the bottom line is yes you can tow short distances at low (City 
> Streets) speeds but prolonged towing particularly on the freeway 
> usually amounts to a lot of damage.  Of course I am sure that there is 
> someone out there who flat towed something or another around the USA 
> and then successfully dragged raced it for 6 NHRA seasons.  YMMV
>
> Our policy was to only tow on a drive axle short distances until you 
> could get the car in a safe place to turn it around such as when the 
> car is on a busy freeway.
>
> Edward Hamer
>
> Former Professional Tow Truck driver among other things.
>
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