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blageo23
06-07-2007, 02:08 PM
So I was at this place today and they were towing a Subaru Legacy AWD by the front wheels(back wheels on ground). The car was in park. They only towed it like 200 feet. Would this mess anything up?

JET
06-07-2007, 02:12 PM
If they didn't drop the drive shaft, then yes it could. Probably not with that short of a distance, but with it in park that was dumb as hell. It should have been in neutral. Were the tires sliding?

HiImBrian
06-07-2007, 02:30 PM
I believe this happened to my gsx before I baught it. They didn't know it was awd and they ended up putting a new tranny into it

blageo23
06-07-2007, 02:44 PM
tires were rollin like it was not awd.

Goat Blower
06-07-2007, 03:28 PM
The viscous coupler could allow slippage, but I've seen GSX's and other Subies towed with the rear wheels skipping.

JET
06-07-2007, 03:47 PM
I wonder if it snapped the pin in the tranny to lock it in park?

DoughtCom
06-07-2007, 04:09 PM
If it was an auto you can pull the AWD fuse and make it FWD for towing that way. I did this in my Legacy 2.5GT for bitchin burnouts.

blageo23
06-07-2007, 07:34 PM
Actually I read and dont you INSTALL the fuse to make it FWD?

sleepy2lazy
06-07-2007, 07:47 PM
I remember reading this happening about some guy's Evo catching fire on MNSC b/c the tow truck only hooked the front wheels.