Can I tow 4x4 auto ranger backwards on tow dolly?
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Can I tow 4x4 auto ranger backwards on tow dolly?
I want to tow my 98 Ranger automatic 4x4 ext cab, with elec. 4wd shift behind my motorhome on a tow dolly. Of course the truck would be placed on the dolly backwards. Do you see any issues? Have any of you done this before without any problems? Thanks
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Why not do it this way? This I believe is the safest way and I see alot of people doing it like this http://www.motorhomesdirect.co.uk/im...me-a-frame.jpg
And I don't think it's going to hurt your drive shafts its no different than driving it. Just put it in neutral and let it go.
And I don't think it's going to hurt your drive shafts its no different than driving it. Just put it in neutral and let it go.
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A 98 4wd has free spinning vacuum hubs. So towing it backwards is a the best option for a tow dolly.
Just check to make sure. Grab the front drive shaft spin it by hand. Watch that both cv shafts turn up front. Meaning the hubs are disengaged.
If they are not pull the wheel off, take a screw driver and pop that worthless hub off the truck.
Just check to make sure. Grab the front drive shaft spin it by hand. Watch that both cv shafts turn up front. Meaning the hubs are disengaged.
If they are not pull the wheel off, take a screw driver and pop that worthless hub off the truck.
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A 98 4wd has free spinning vacuum hubs. So towing it backwards is a the best option for a tow dolly.
Just check to make sure. Grab the front drive shaft spin it by hand. Watch that both cv shafts turn up front. Meaning the hubs are disengaged.
If they are not pull the wheel off, take a screw driver and pop that worthless hub off the truck.
Just check to make sure. Grab the front drive shaft spin it by hand. Watch that both cv shafts turn up front. Meaning the hubs are disengaged.
If they are not pull the wheel off, take a screw driver and pop that worthless hub off the truck.
Just get the proper steering wheel lock and call it done.
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Why not do it this way? This I believe is the safest way and I see alot of people doing it like this http://www.motorhomesdirect.co.uk/im...me-a-frame.jpg
And I don't think it's going to hurt your drive shafts its no different than driving it. Just put it in neutral and let it go.
And I don't think it's going to hurt your drive shafts its no different than driving it. Just put it in neutral and let it go.
Flat towing an automatic with the drive shaft attached is a no-no. The output shaft of your tranny will be spinning without any lubrication as it is driven by the input shaft. Now that being said, some cars are OK to tow with an automatic for so many miles at so much speed. Or they even make electric tranny cooling pumps (not sure how they work though)
http://www.motorhomemagazine.com/din...uide/index.cfm
Don't aske me how he did it, but I have a friend that flat tows a Jeep for off roading, he has warn lockouts on all four wheels, when he tows the jeep he just free wheels all of them.
~HJ
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