Suzuki Club UK

Well I have A framed around 100miles with both boxes in neutral with no probs but maybe I was just lucky.

I know this is an old thread, but a friend of mine had an SJ he towed on a towing dolly (braked). It didn't have any freewheeling hubs on the front. We put it in neutral/neutral and the rear wheels dragged - one span the opposite direction to the way we were towing the SJ (on grass at the time) so we concluded that with the t-case in neutral, the two props were locked together.

We put it in 2hi and the problem went away.

From what I've read, putting the t-case in neutral just disengages it from the gearbox, but still in 4wd.

I imagine the idea of 2nd gear on the gearbox and neutral on the t-box is how people have towed other 4x4's in the past, and just assumed it was how you were supposed to tow *all* 4x4's.

It was probably a Pajero, Hilux or something similar that had some strange feature that meant the gearbox had to be in 2nd for safety's sake.

I know that in a Discovery it says that it should be lifted not towed if the situation can be helped, but if towing is necessary then neutral/neutral. However, Land Rovers had a centre diff so the wheels spin the gearbox output.

The way an SJ t-box is, in neutral the input is disengauged but the front outshaft is connected to the rear. This is because the neutral is between gears like on a normal gearbox, whereas 2 high and 4 high are just engaging or disengaging the front shaft. So basically it's just the same old rule, always have your SJ in 2H unless you're short of traction.

I would imagine at some point in time the Gearbox in Neutral and Transferbox in 2H method

has been chinese whispered into Gearbox in 2nd Transferbox in Neutral

Towed my SJ many miles with both boxes in neutral. No issues or windup.

According to the haynes manual the vehical should not be towed with all 4 wheel on the ground unless drivesgafts are removed first

windsor wrote:According to the haynes manual the vehical should not be towed with all 4 wheel on the ground unless drivesgafts are removed first

Haynes manuals are not even worth using for toilet paper

While its not a necessity, I tell you what, it definitely makes it easier on the towing vehicle if you take the props off!!!

when i use to A frame mine i just left it in netural and left the tranny box in netrual job done.

twiss wrote:While its not a necessity, I tell you what, it definitely makes it easier on the towing vehicle if you take the props off!!!

Depends what your towing it with. My Surf never even noticed it.