never had any problems

 

my trail zuk has a welded rear diff and it trails just fine. i have not flat towed with a zuk with a rear locker though. bump to the top for ya.

 

knock on wood..but so far, no problems for me either. Just watch how sharp you take your turns and you'll be fne, but thats true in any case.

 

I do the same thing and have had zero problems. With the DS removed, your rear locker will have no torque applied to its input (assuming lock-rite style locker) so the two sides will be disengaged.

See you at Zukfari!

 

It seems like just about everyone chiming in here drops the driveshaft to tow.

I've got the same problem (flat towing, lock-rite style locker) but I would like to NOT drop the drive shaft to do so. Here's the question: in theory, even if the drive shaft drag DID feel like "input torque" to the locker and it locks up every now and then, wouldn't it simply work just like a sami under its own power: tracking straight just fine, and every now and then giving a pop or two in a turn? And wouldn't avoiding tight turns or taking them very slowly minimize the excitement of such occurrences?

Unfortunatley, the 50/50 towed onroad/drive offroad usage of my Sami makes the "drop the driveshaft" solution not very viable.

I'd love to hear from anyone with experience on the above.

D

 

Dowry,

Always remove the rear drive shaft when towing; it is for safety first, and second, prevents damage/destruction of tranny, t-case, and differential.

Do a search on this and other forums to see what can potentially happen when towing and the rear d/s has not been pulled.

Last one I remember was being towed and ended up totalled, plus significant damage to the tow vehicle, and the only good thing to say is that no one was killed.

 

I flat tow mine often in "True Neutral". I removed the middle ball in the t-case and now I can have neutral with 2WD.

For those who don't already know what it is, sammys lock the 4WD collar when the t-case is in Neutral but, by removing the middle ball you can unlock that collar and get Neutral.

No problems so far...but no locker either...

DannyL does the same as me and the has a Lincoln locker, no problems so far.

Ciao
Oz

 

if you don't want to have to drop your rear d-shaft everytime you tow, look for the T.T. rear d-shaft spacer with the free spin option (sorry I don't know the correct name for it).
when your wheeling, or driving, you lock it down, towing you un-lock it and it allows the d-shaft to spin freely from the t-case and what not. Just like it wasn't there.

 

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if you don't want to have to drop your rear d-shaft everytime you tow, look for the T.T. rear d-shaft spacer with the free spin option (sorry I don't know the correct name for it).
when your wheeling, or driving, you lock it down, towing you un-lock it and it allows the d-shaft to spin freely from the t-case and what not. Just like it wasn't there.

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I believe it is called a drive shaft disconnect.

 

Thats a second for me. I never had any flat towing problems related to the locker. My only problem came when my Samurai was in heat and wanted to rear end my Durango...so Ok the samurai wasn't in heat I just never put the pin in the draw bar

Koko