Towing AWD...

blageo23 · 06-07-2007

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

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

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

tires were rollin like it was not awd.

**Goat Blower** · 06-07-2007

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

I wonder if it snapped the pin in the tranny to lock it in park?

DoughtCom · 06-07-2007

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

Actually I read and dont you INSTALL the fuse to make it FWD?

sleepy2lazy · 06-07-2007

I remember reading this happening about some guy's Evo catching fire on MNSC b/c the tow truck only hooked the front wheels.