<VV> Towing with a Car Dolly or Flat tow

[henry kaczmarek]

James
Opinions will vary.
On Manual trans cars, there is a hole in the transaxle that shares the gear 
oil with the transmission.  Even when flat towing a Manual trans car, it was 
recommended to me that you start the engine and run the gears through the 
pattern when refueling, etc.  I don't know if it does anything or not, but 
it may very well help to move fluid between trans and transaxle. Towing a 
Auto Trans car fowards with rear wheels on the ground I've never done, but I 
could forsee pump damage.  Could be wrong on that but I wouldn't chance it.

I've seen people tow vairs backwards and forwards on a tow dolly.  I don't 
recommend it.  I towed a Corvan forwards on a dolly about 70 miles from NC 
to Va Beach. Wouldn't do it again.

What I do recommend is putting the car on a trailer and towing it that way, 
although  I have towed a LM man trans car on a tow bar from Gulf Shores, AL 
to Buffalo, NY without incident.

 If you can afford the rent on an Auto Transport trailer from U-Haul, or 
have a friend or a clubbie who has a trailer and truck for towing, it's the 
best route. takes out all the guess work, possible swaying on the dolly, and 
problems from law enforcement you could get into for towing backwards on the 
dolly, the swaying and having the wheel tied off.

BTW, When I moved from NY to Va Beach, I used a U-Haul Tow bar to flat tow 
my LM man trans car behind a U-Haul Truck----I had to get a toll ticket on 
the NYS thruway for both vehicles, their logic was the tow car had all four 
wheels on the ground.  Had it been on a trailer I would only had to pay for 
the truck.

Hope this Helps

Hank Kaczmarek
Co-Founder, Corvair Basics Manual
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Speas" <james.speas at yahoo.com>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:21 AM
Subject: <VV> Towing with a Car Dolly or Flat tow


I posted a question about towing a corvair with a car dolly and watched all 
of the responses and they went back and forth about towing on a dolly or 
with a tow bar with all 4's on the ground. I had some say that it was bad 
for the transmission to tow it pulled onto a car dolly with the back wheels 
on the ground but also people said we should tow it with all 4's on the 
ground with a tow bar. I am not being a smart A@* but isn't it the same way 
either way the back wheels are on the ground? I am really new to Corvairs 
and maybe I might be missing something is the translation but could someone 
explain whats the difference. I just want to know if I use a car dolly can I 
hurt my transmission?

Thanks
James
64 monza conv
61 lakewood
Circle City Covairs
Corsa Member



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