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this outta keep you busy for awhile..
http://www.towbar.com/faqs.htm
they suggest leaving the steering wheel UNLOCKED.
I've used this method before and it works decent.....things get pretty ugly in a big hurry when you hit chatter bumps on a dirt road though...
good luck
http://www.towbar.com/faqs.htm
they suggest leaving the steering wheel UNLOCKED.
I've used this method before and it works decent.....things get pretty ugly in a big hurry when you hit chatter bumps on a dirt road though...
good luck
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Thanks,But all that reading made me sleepy!
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I have towed my jeep behing my fifth wheel with a tow bar, all i did was unlock the steering. It worked fine. To Silver Lake and back 3 times.
I use to flat tow my 88 yj on 33"s to the mounds and silver lake all the time behind an explorer. Like stated above just turn the key to unlock the wheel and keep the key there. Also put your t-case in N and trans in N.
It will push you around turns and when u do turn, it takes a second for the jeep to turn. Just takes time to get use to. Also DO NOT TRY AND BACK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It simply WILL NOT work. Instead you'll jack-knife.
If u must back up, have someone sit in the jeep and turn the wheel while you back the truck up. Or you can use the jeep and put it in R and pull the truck back. Have done those methods befor and they work.
It will push you around turns and when u do turn, it takes a second for the jeep to turn. Just takes time to get use to. Also DO NOT TRY AND BACK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It simply WILL NOT work. Instead you'll jack-knife.
If u must back up, have someone sit in the jeep and turn the wheel while you back the truck up. Or you can use the jeep and put it in R and pull the truck back. Have done those methods befor and they work.
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You can back up...just requires more finesse :sonicjay:
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Piss ant!!!just put someone in the drivers seat and have a 2-way radio and call out the turnsAlso you can let it idle and use the brakes on the jeep to haha
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Like stated above, the first stop in the ignition switch is a dead spot used for unlocking the steering column without putting power to the switch. Then put the transfer case into neutral, transmission into first(manual) or park ( auto).
I have flat towed three different jeeps over 30,000 miles using this method with great success( read no damage, no accidents) however you need to be more careful ( give yourself more time to stop, etc.)
I have flat towed three different jeeps over 30,000 miles using this method with great success( read no damage, no accidents) however you need to be more careful ( give yourself more time to stop, etc.)
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Automatic in PARK
Manual in a gear
T-Case in N
If you have lockers front and rear, remove driveshafts or it won't turn. If no lockers don't worry about it.
As others said, unlock wheel.
I have flat towed for years and years. Just don't do it in the winter.
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I said exactly that.
:sonicjay:
oke: Yourself:tonka: Main reason for this is that maybe, sometimes, the t-case can spin a little from oil drag or whatever, and that will turn the output of the automatic trans.....this is a bad bad thing. Putting the trans in Park makes sure the output of the trans, and input of the t-case does not spin.
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if you have air lockers and they are not engaged do you still pull drive shafts ? tire wear is probably minimum ?
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You changed my quote.:sonicjay:
Main reason for this is that maybe, sometimes, the t-case can spin a little from oil drag or whatever, and that will turn the output of the automatic trans.....this is a bad bad thing. Putting the trans in Park makes sure the output of the trans, and input of the t-case does not spin.
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