<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">I fried a MKII Cortina bearing by flat-towing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">On the other hand, a SAAB 96 was no problema, just put the car in Freewheel.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 9:06 PM Art McEwen <<a href="mailto:amcewen2@cogeco.ca">amcewen2@cogeco.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I read somewhere where this wasn't possible without disconnecting the driveshaft due to, I think, a bearing in the gearbox or O/D that doesn't get lubricated without the gearbox in gear. But I've also read reports of Kas Kasner and his contemporaries routinely flat towing to the race track. Which is true? Both? Neither? Or is Kas forgetting he used to disconnect the driveshaft at the end of the weekend?<div><br></div><div>I've seen several MGBs (different gearbox design?) and MX5s being flat towed behind RVs, I know the MX5 manual says it's a no-no.</div><div><br></div><div>Just wondering.</div><div><br></div><div>Art '60 TR3A.</div>
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