TOY: Re: RE: Towing an '84 4Runner ?

["M. D. Smith V" <deesmith@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Payne, Mike K." <MPayne1@allstate.com>
To: <toyota@4x4wire.com>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:05 PM
Subject: TOY: RE: Towing an '84 4Runner ?


| As easy as it is to unbolt a Driveshaft I would just pop the thing out and
| throw it back in when you get there.  It is the surest way of avoiding wear.
| My wife has pulled the drive shaft on our truck so anyone can do it, unless
| there is a difficulty with 4Runners that I am unaware of.
|
| The coat hanger would work... but, what if one breaks?  You definitely don't
| want to drag a drive shaft down the highway.  Not to mention I have heard
| nasty stories about driveshafts getting disconnected at both the diff and
| the trans.
==> Good point, thanks it slipped my mind about just removeing the DS and then
reinstall it when through towing. Yes, and *perish* the thought of the DS
draging on
the pavement and producing "sparks" (not good).  :-o
I knew that the "collective" would have some good answers.  ;-)
Thanks,

Dee
M.D. Smith   deesmith@hiwaay.net  TLCA # 7039  RCRC # 31
Huntsville, Alabama  USA

|  -----Original Message-----
| From: M. D. Smith V [mailto:deesmith@hiwaay.net]
| Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:03 AM
| To: Toy4x4@Moab.Off-Road.Com; Toyota 4x4 List Wire
| Cc: Kristen J Smith; deesmith@hiwaay.net
| Subject: TOY: Towing an '84 4Runner ?
|
| Hi Folks,
|
| I plan to tow a 1984 Toyota 4Runner, 22R with 5 speed manual transmission.
| 230 miles tomorrow, (Saturday)....
| I heard somewhere for a long distance haul of this type the rear driveshaft
|  should be disconnected to spare / protect the bearings in the transmission.
|
| My question is: Should just I remove the 4 bolts that secure the DS to the
| rear Diff. and then using some coat hanger wire secure the DS to the
undercarriage?
|
| Dee
|