[TR] Tow Bar Blues

tedtsimx at bright.net tedtsimx at bright.net
Thu Jan 31 19:34:30 MST 2008


Tony, TR2 - 6 does not ahve a pump. But all 5 speed TR7 & TR8's have an oil pump. Ted
> 
> From: "Tony Gordon" <triumph at 2simpleusa.com>
> Date: Thu Jan 31, 9:09 PM
> To: <DLylis at aol.com>,  "TR list" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues
> 
> I think this somewhat akin to the brake fluid, gearbox oil and other such 
> unresolved matters of how the universe works.  A standard manual trans. does 
> not have an oil pump (unlike an auto trans that does).  The oil is 
> distributed by the rotation of the various shafts.
> 
> I think it is something of an urban legend that the gearbox will suffer from 
> towing ... however, everything in moderation.  I have towed manual trans 
> cars hundreds of miles when I was younger (and all old British cars since I 
> was in the UK at the time) without any ill effect.  However, if I was going 
> to tow any great distance here in the US, I would probably remove the prop 
> shaft given how easy it is to get to.
> 
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> Tony Gordon
> 72 TR6
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> Subject: Re: [TR] Tow Bar Blues
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> 
> > My understanding is that this is something you do not want to do unless 
> > you
> > disconnect the prop shaft.  The reasoning is that the oil is circulated
> > through the tranny by the rotation of the input shaft and if you tow in 
> > neutral
> > the input shaft is stationary while the tranny is turning.  I have also 
> > been
> > told that this is a lot of hooey, but I also know of a bugeye in which the
> > tranny failed as the result of doing so.
> >
> > YMMV
> >
> > David  Lylis
> > 69 TR6 CC26160L
> > 60 TR3A TS74461LO
> >
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