Flat towing

[TazH]

Hi fellows I am new to this sight. I want to take my 2000 4 runner to arizona and do some offroading with it.It has a manual trans and manual transfer case.
My Toyota dealer says that I cannot flat tow it behind a motor home. I even phoned Toyota Canada and they said the same thing. What gives if every thing is manual I think it sould work. Nobody can give me a reason why.
I am sure somebody has towed one before. My 64 land rover pulled with no problems.
Thanks

 

[Pikeman]

I am trying to remember how you would need to do it. I know with some you need to leave in a certain gear combo so that it still lubes everything. I think in my friends Sami he has the T-case neutral and the 5spd in 2nd. The only way to really flat tow safely though is to remove both driveshafts. The diffs will lube themsleves and then you wont have to worry about the T-case, Tranny or engine not getting lubed and burning up a bearing and destroying seals.

I had a Jeep Cherokee got towed by AAA one time wheels down and it blew my t-case and tranny since they did it wrong.

 

[Black Moomba]

According to Remco web site you need a drive shaft coupling to disengage the drive shaft to safely tow 4 wheels down.

 

[TazH]

Thanks I will do some more digging.

 

[gm350reratliff]

One would think that you could just put the T-case in neutral and leave the steering column unlocked. I've done that to some older chevys before and no harm was done. I've seen mixed results with the Remco shaft. I don't think their mechanism would hold up to offroad abuse. I think it would just be easier to just pull the shaft or get a trailer. At least with a trailer if you really break it you can limp it back to and up on the trailer and still get it home. Also, I would rather wrench on a flat dry trailer then in the mud/dirt/rocks or whatever is out there.