[Shop-talk] An off shoot of the Toyota debacle.....

[pethier at comcast.net]

Yes.  I burned the output bearing on a Ford Cortina GT by flat-towing it.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UB "uncle jack"
1979 Caterham 7
1994 Miata C-package
2004 Suburban 8.1
2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
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----- "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> Cc: "shop-talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2010 4:13:38 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] An off shoot of the Toyota debacle.....
>
> > but if an RV family must have an automatic 
> > in their toad, Saturn was a good choice.
> 
> Just for clarity, many manual transmission cars suffer from the same
> problem.  They rely on the countershaft spinning to fling oil around
> and
> lubricate the works; but the countershaft is geared to the input
> shaft.
> Flat-towing them without disconnecting the driveshaft is not a good
> idea,
> and is generally specifically forbidden except for short distance, low
> speed
> tows.  (ISTR my owner's manual said no more than 40 miles, no more
> than 40
> mph, but I might have misremembered.)
> 
> I've got a TR3 input shaft with the bearing ruined, apparently from
> being
> towed a significant distance with the rear wheels on the ground, after
> it
> was wrecked.  Makes a good tool for centering the clutch disc <G>
> 
> -- Randall