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YIKES! I can see a whole bunch of dead trannies coming...
Norbie, you're right about the automatic and no line pressure. If you tow an auto, you risk burning out all your final drive clutchs
However you can EASILY destroy a manual tranny by towing it by the front wheels.
If the rear wheels are allowed to turn, EVEN IF the tranny is in neutral, you will burn out either your speed gear bearings or your output shaft bearings due to lack of lube.
a manual tranny relies on the countershaft in the tranny spining to lubricate the entire spinning assembly. If its in neutral, the counter shaft is going to be held still by the input shaft because of engine compression, and the output shaft will be allowed to spin dry, therefor burning out speed gears.
If you have to tow by the front wheels, put the rears on dollies too, or take the driveshaft off (good luck on a MKII :lol: ) OR, you could let the car idle when it is being towed so that the counter shaft is being turned and the assembly is being lubed. Thats what I do =)
Aaron
Norbie, you're right about the automatic and no line pressure. If you tow an auto, you risk burning out all your final drive clutchs
However you can EASILY destroy a manual tranny by towing it by the front wheels.
If the rear wheels are allowed to turn, EVEN IF the tranny is in neutral, you will burn out either your speed gear bearings or your output shaft bearings due to lack of lube.
a manual tranny relies on the countershaft in the tranny spining to lubricate the entire spinning assembly. If its in neutral, the counter shaft is going to be held still by the input shaft because of engine compression, and the output shaft will be allowed to spin dry, therefor burning out speed gears.
If you have to tow by the front wheels, put the rears on dollies too, or take the driveshaft off (good luck on a MKII :lol: ) OR, you could let the car idle when it is being towed so that the counter shaft is being turned and the assembly is being lubed. Thats what I do =)
Aaron
