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Old 11-25-2019, 01:01 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by EcoCivic View Post
Thank you for your help. I have not checked the alignment, but I don't remember it pulling while I was driving it. It's been years since that car has been driven though, so I may not be remembering correctly.

Was your tow bar pointing down as much as mine is? There's a big difference between "not perfectly level" and off by like 1 foot. LOL

Also, to be clear, I did NOT leave the axles completely out. What I did is I took apart 2 old axles I had laying around and took the ends off. I then took the axles out of the towed car and stuck those ends into the wheel hubs of the towed car and torqued them down, that way the wheel hubs are still being held together as they normally would be, just without being connected to the transmission. Hopefully that makes sense
My Datsun is very low to the ground, I think the attachment for the tow bar is about 1 foot off the ground, and the truck hitch about 1.5 feet. Enough to notice the truck diving while braking, so I imagine a foot of difference would be a bit sketchy.
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