Thank you Larry! Finally, the message I've been waiting for! In the
years since I bought my Bugeye basket case (the transmission was the
only part that seemed to be in good working order) it was towed from
Modesto to Reno to Riverside before the driveshaft ever got disconnected
in the course of the world's longest-running restoration. Ever since
this thread started I've been kicking myself for possibly destroying the
only thing that worked...
Jeff Thorpe
'60 Bugeye
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From: Larry and Sandi Miller
To: Ulix Goettsch; Chris Kotting
Cc: 'Gary Barker'; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Towing
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 6:16PM
I towed my Bugeye from Texas to California with no ill effects. The
drive
shaft was connected.
Larry Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Cc: 'Gary Barker' <gbarker@citynet.net>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 20 October, 1998 12:51 PM
Subject: RE: Towing
>Chris,
>isn't this only for automatic transmissions?
>At least that's what I have heard.
>AFAIK, you can tow an LBC w/o disconnecting anything.
>Ulix
>
>On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Chris Kotting wrote:
>
>> Gary -
>>
>> If you remove the driveshaft before towing, you shouldn't cause any
damage.
>>
>> The damage happens when the transmission is turning for extended
periods
>> without being driven by the engine. The oil distribution in the
>> transmission is driven by the input shaft. If the transmission gets
spun
>> buy the output shaft only, no lubrication.
>>
>> Chris Kotting
>> ckotting@iwaynet.net
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 20, 1998 3:42 PM, Gary Barker
>> [SMTP:gbarker@citynet.net] wrote:
>> > I know this has been posted before, but I deleted the information I
need.
>> I
>> > just bought a 76 Midget and was wondering the correct way to tow
the
car.
>> I
>> > was going to rent a tow bar but was told by a friend I might do
some
>> damage
>> > to the car. Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks, Gary
>>
>
> Ulix __/__,__
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> '67 Sprite
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