Has anyone tried flat towing a Z28 M6?

I was wondering if it would cause trans damage and if the car would track behind the tow vehicle.

I chaecked the owners manual and searched the web, no clear answers.

In general I think it would be ok, unless somethng pumps or splashes oil from the input side of the trans and not from the output side.

I see alot of RV's doing this and was considering rigging up a van as a camper tow rig.

Thought's and experiences welcomed.

Thanks

 

As far as I know there are not any dollies that you can rent or get easily that will hold the wide wheels on f-bodies, I tried it once.

 

I had a old dollie that I used to pull mine... I just took it slow about a 12 hour drive that I towed it back to my house. I never had any problems just check and make sure your pin and all that stuff are in good shape, the dollies bounce like crazy with nothing on them, I lost a empty dollie on a 15 hour trip once it "flew" into the river haha. Loading the car is a pain in the *** and we disconected the drive line and worked fine for us.. This was a 3.4l m5. but like freak said might have to look a bit to find a good dollie to pull it

 

I didn't make my question clear enough. I am not talking about using a dollie.

I thinking about mounting a tow bar and towing with all four wheels on the ground. No Dollie, trailer, or anything.

If you watch RV's go by on the road, they do this with small cars. Mfg even allow some automatics to be towed this way.

There are lists of new cars that are appoved for this sort of towing, but I didn't see anything about the Camaro 95 z28 M6.

Thanks

Alan

 

Not a problem flat towing sticks. On auto's it's recommended that you disconnect the driver shaft for long hauls.

 

I think I remember reading somewhere that you have to disconnect the drive shaft on the manual tranny cars, too.

 

I wouldnt see any problems doing a flat tow. Just to be extra safe, Id disconnect the driveshaft too. Dont forget the chains! Im sure you know this, but be sure to chain from your pass. side to the camaro's driver side, so if the towbar breaks, the car gets pulled to the shoulder, and not into oncoming traffic. (acting like a know-it-all over) Just trying to be helpful.

 

Where the heck would you mount one of those bumper mounted tow hitches? I pulled an old Regal I had with one and it tracked just fine. I just put the car in neutral and everything was ok. But it had a big steel bumper and it was about a 10 minute job hooking the hitch on(it was actually a uhaul rental one a guy owned). Where would you ever mount something like that on the front of a Camaro? If you found a way, I second the driveshaft removal. Just a few minutes of preventative measure.

 

I am going to be spending some qualtiy time under the car soon, so I think I will check the mounting situation out very carefully.

Like one of you guys pointed out, where would you mount to. I think this may be the biggest problem.

Another problem is the long nose. If the tow bar isn't in the right place and offset down it will strilke the underside of the nose on a steep hill.

The RV guys use what is called a base plate. It lloks like it is a beam that mounts to the car and provides a mounting point for the tow bar.

I doubt if anything like that exists for the Camaro.

As to safety tow chains, never use one, on passenger or drivers side. You should always use two, one on both sides. If the hitch lets go you want the trailer to stay straight.

Thanks

 

haveing just gotten out of my auto trans and manual trans classes i can tell you that if you tow an auto by the drive wheels the gears inside the trans will still turn but in an auto trans the fluid is pumped only when the engine is running so you will have very little lubercation in an auto. but i f you remove the d/s then this wont be a problem. as for a stick they are lubed by splashing the gear oil on to all the gears so there will be no problem

 

Zachz28 is correct.
It's the tailshaft output bearing that's the problem. On an auto. trans. this bearing is lub'ed by the trans pump, which does not turn when the trans is in neutral and the engine is off. After several hundered miles this bearing can run dry and seize. On a stick the tailshaft bearing is lub'ed by slash and spray from the gears. These gears still rotate even with the stick trans. in neutral.

Zachz28, how long have you lived in Naperville? It's my old home town.

 

ive been in naperville my hole life

 

Buy a trailer and you wont have any problems, plus you have trailer brakes and it would be safer. Trailer tires are alot less money than Z rated tires
you could buy a trailer for about $2000.00 and it can ge uesd for more than pulling a car with