1995 YJ flat towing

GRNTACO · Sep 20, 2007

Asking for my boss......

He wants to flat tow it behind his motorhome......Jeep dealer says no problem but some others say not to becasue of the oil pump in the transfercase?

Any info would be coo!

TreeClimber · Sep 20, 2007

If I recall correctly, should be fine. The only ones you can NOT tow are those with the D300 t-case. Those are the 1980 to 1986 CJs.

Avanteone · Sep 20, 2007

T-case in neutral, trans. in gear if manual, park if auto. If doing it for long distance and it was mine, I'd pull the driveshafts from the axles and tie 'em up out of the way. The oil pump on the t-case is on the output side, so as long as the driveshaft is turning it's getting oiled.

J

2pwrlftrs4u · Sep 20, 2007

Avanteone said:
If doing it for long distance and it was mine, I'd pull the driveshafts from the axles and tie 'em up out of the way.

x2 :awesomework:

GRNTACO · Sep 20, 2007

Avanteone said:
T-case in neutral, trans. in gear if manual, park if auto. If doing it for long distance and it was mine, I'd pull the driveshafts from the axles and tie 'em up out of the way. The oil pump on the t-case is on the output side, so as long as the driveshaft is turning it's getting oiled.

J

What is long distance? He would be towing from Tacoma area to Yakima area for bird hunting.

wcjp · Sep 21, 2007

Unless you pull the driveshafts do NOT flat tow the YJ. Friend of mine just had the auto rebuilt. They figured flat towing would be ok. They towed to the Rubicon and never wheeled. Expensive repair.

2pwrlftrs4u · Sep 21, 2007

ben, more than 50 mi

1 grumpy · Sep 21, 2007

Ben have him pull the driveshaft's too be on the safe side:awesomework:

Avanteone · Sep 21, 2007

wcjp said:
Unless you pull the driveshafts do NOT flat tow the YJ. Friend of mine just had the auto rebuilt. They figured flat towing would be ok. They towed to the Rubicon and never wheeled. Expensive repair.

He must have left the auto in neutral, not park.

J

TreeClimber · Sep 21, 2007

Avanteone said:
He must have left the auto in neutral, not park.

J

yeah, I almost answered that too, because I'll bet he had the tranny in neutral and the t-case in gear. Burn it up and quick! If I recall correctly, even the factory owners manual says you can tow these.

GRNTACO · Sep 21, 2007

TreeClimber said:
even the factory owners manual says you can tow these.

That is what it says according to my boss, he got one today for his Jeep.

Thanks to all for the advice.

Long&Low · Sep 21, 2007

Like was said above, you can, but ten minutes underneath, and tying up the front and rear driveshaft equates to a matter of piece of mind. He can disconnect them at the pumpkins and tie 'em up.

1 grumpy · Sep 22, 2007

:awesomework:

Long&Low said:
Like was said above, you can, but ten minutes underneath, and tying up the front and rear driveshaft equates to a matter of piece of mind. He can disconnect them at the pumpkins and tie 'em up.

Hence the peace of mind:awesomework: