I need to get my IROC home and since it really isn't driveable I was wanting to know if it would fit on a tow dolly? (never used one, don't have the slightest clue).



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It would fit on a tow dolly but I wouldn't really recommend it for an IROC.You would be better renting the car trailor or if it's a short distance checking on a rollback transporting her(I had my '83 transported this way 90 miles for $100.00 but that was 3 years ago).

I towed mine from Topeka Kansas to Minneapolis Minnesota on a tow dolley. 86 Iroc on Firehawk chrome 17''s. Pulled it with a 92 1/2 ton Chev and it went GREAT.

I was going to rent one one time, Uhaul said there was insufficient ground clearance to use one for my Camaro.

well i towed my car to school on a tow dolly that i borrowed from my teacher, but i think i might have had a easier ordeal (sp?) because right now the front looks like a lifted truck because the motor is out of it.

yea without that weight it has very nice ground clearance haha

Flatbed is the only way I will ever tow my car.

i towed my 85 bird with a tow dolly you just need to have someone sit in it and push really fast to get the front tires up on then have them hit the brakes went fine till we lost the hitch in down town seilensgrove that was much fun

Wow. Or you could rent from the local rental other than Uhaul or some of those guys and make sure you get a dolley with a winch attatched. Then the car practically puts itself on the dolley. Always triple check EVERYTHING. Safety is huge.

you can do it but dont be surprised if you hurt your ground effects in the process, just tell them its a base camaro.

don't forget if your going far to pull the drive shaft

why pull the driveshaft?

you don't want it turning your motor or trans, at least that's what i've been told a while back

Because the Pump is located in the front of the Transmission when you tow an automatic car it tends to burn up a transmission... We actually just disconnected the driveshaft and tied it to the torque arm... I do not remember the particulars but I do remember that. Also as you turn the driveshaft the Odometer will continue to rack up miles even if the car is not running. It does not matter if you have the electonic speedo on the 86+ Firebirds & 90+ Camaros or the cable driven speedo the speedo still turns. I remember having a friend use a tow strap to pull the car to my apartment, I looked down at the speedometer and thought at least the speedometer works...

We used a Tow dolly from Anderson IN to Flint MI when I purchased my 87 in 1997.

John

I i was never told that, i was always just told to slap it into neutral and your good to go? ive only used them once or twice thou. do you need to pull it even for a short distance? im pulling home the duke this weekend, its only about 70 miles. or am i better off just unbolting it at the pumpkin and straping it fast to the torque arm?

IIRC 50 miles or more you should pull the driveshaft.

After talking to my dad he suspects what would probably happen is the rear bearings & seals would not get any lubrication and it could burn up.

John

An our cars should be towed backwards as well. I used a tow dollie when I had to get my car home from a local shop after the main bearings went.

is there enough clearance there to unbolt the driveshaft and hook it to the torque arm without it hitting the pumpkin? ive removed them before but off the top of my head i cant think there was enough room there?


You were able to tow it backwards? i would think the ground effects would hit the ground on any kid of bumps? did u still unhook the driveshaft?

thats your doing not the tow dollys

There's no place to really connect a tow bar to flat tow a 3rd Gen.I forgot about disconnecting the driveshaft when the rear wheels are left on the ground.Securing it to the torque arm is the best choice because if you pull it you'll still need the yoke in the transmission to keep it from leaking.Personally I wouldn't use a tow dolly on my Z28 but I also have emergency road assistance on my insurance that gives me a 50 mile range on towing at no charge(and then I specify a rollback).

And you have to be careful with tow dollys because of the short tongue.That can cause them to turn quicker than you expect.

Well, I didn't rent a tow dolly; but, I did rent a car trailer from U-Haul. And, it DID fit!! It had a drop down fender on the driver's side so you could open your driver's door; but, the IROC sets so low that you can't open the door anyway. So, I had to crawl my 6'4" 300lb. self out the back hatch to get out.

With my car having transmission problems, I barely got it on the trailer to begin with. (had to back thetrailer p to a hill at my parents) If I could have, I would have backed it on to the trailer to even out the weight distribution for my blazer.

When it was all said and done, I had about 5 or 6 inches of clearance from the bottom of the hydraulic brake trailer tongue to the ground because my hitch is so low to begin with.

I have the blazer rear up on my plastic ramps in the first pic so it looks like the level is ok, but is wasn't.

And the front gfx was about a half inch from the trailer tongue stand crank...not much room, but it worked without scraping the gfx.

Once dollied my 82 corvette if that can be dollied any f-body can. Problem with dolly'ing a car backwards is not enough weight on the togue and the dolly gets squirly as hell going down the road very unsafe doing it like this.

OKFOZ hit the nail on the head -

" The Rear hub of the torque converter body drives the transmission oil pump, providing a volume of fluid to the hydraulic system. The pump turns anytime the engine rotates, which is an important consideration when the vehicle is towed. If the vehicle is towed with the drive wheels on the ground and the engine is not running. the axles drive the transmission output shaft and intermediate shaft on bearing that receive no lubrication. There is a great potential for damage if the vehicle is towed for a long distance or at greater than low speeds."

Source:

http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/AT02.pdf


If you plan on risking the use of a tow dolly - remove the driveshaft !!