If the idea is to flat tow,
Make sure you have pulled both driveshafts. Some transfer cases can be
damaged because they won't get lubricated if the vehicle is being pulled.
It will also lessen the rolling resistance and may help in MPG.
unlock the hubs in front (if an aftermarket hub kit was installed, stock
there was no such thing on something this old.) If they can't be disabled,
why not see if you can pull the front axle shafts so they don't spin.
Again with the rolling resistance and turning. Every little bit helps.
I'd also check fluids in diffs, repack wheel bearings, and grease any
front linkages you can to make sure that it will track properly.
It may also be a good idea to put the best 2 tires you have on it in the
front so that they will help in tracking.
The Magnetic mount trailer lights usually have very strong magnets and I
would not worry about 'bumping' them off during the trip.
As far as aux brakes of the vehicle being towed. For this amount of
weight. I think that you are 'overthinking' this. At Around 2500 lbs you
shouldn't need it. My Suzuki weighs in at around 2700 now with all the
stuff I've done to it and it has run fine, tracked OK, even with 36"
tires behind my '02 QC without issue and It it even ran fine with my
old '98 CC with a V6.
On Thu, 18 May 2006, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
>
> : On Wed, 17 May 2006 jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> :> I've already got trailer wiring and lights here I think so you might not
> :> need to buy much, even if
> :> we were starting from scratch it would probably only be $20-30
> :> to put something together. It would just plug into the tow
> :> vehicle via a standard 4 way plug, and the lights would be zip-tied,
> :> duct taped, etc. to the back of the Jeep...
> :>
> : magnetic mount flat tow lights are <$50 a set.
>
>
> You mean just buy 'em and not have to make anything? What fun
> is that? ;-) I had thought about magnetic mounts also, but
> it seems like it would need to be a pretty strong magnet to keep
> it from sliding around over bumps and stuff? I also figured
> something that can be zip tied into place might have a better
> chance of mounting locations. Then again, I've never flat
> towed anything so I could be way of base on all of this. :-)
>
>
> : I might be able to
> : scrounge a pair from someone in my 4x4 club but I don't know.
>
> : Should be simple to tap into the Jeep's system at the front
> : marker/indicator lights too but I'm not sure the consequences of the 6v
> : system.
>
>
> Yep, I thought about that myself, use a voltage regulator or
> something to drop the voltage down, but given that we don't know
> anything about the condition of the lights, wiring, etc. I figured
> it'd be easier to just bring out something completely external that
> can be slapped on and be good to go. If Jason planned on flat
> towing it all the time, he could do something permanent with
> the actual lights of the vehicle, either by dropping it down
> to 6v or possibly converting the Jeep to 12v...
>
>
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