How To Move Car With No Engine

[johnhenry 20]

Afternoon

 

sudden downpour has pissed all over my afternoon of being productive. so im trying to prep as much as i can for next week

Ive got to get my car onto and off a trailer to take it to be painted. However; my engine is out of the car and with miles so im not able to plonk it back in to give support for the lower end of the struts.

 

If i was to put the driveshafts back in, re connect the wheels up to the wishbones (it's on axle stands atm). then pull the drive shafts together to tension them somehow? would that provide enough support for the car to be worked on for a week in a paint shop? I was going to leave them my 4 wheel casters so once its on them, the wheels wont have to move just got to not out much strain on them thats all.

 

Im probably fussing, but the key bits are getting the car:

1) down my drive, has to be rolled as too bendy for trailer

2) onto the trailer

3) off at the other end - then onto the dolly's

 

cheers

JOhn

[Anthony 1,003]

All I normally do is just use a couple of old CV ends in the hubs and tighten the hub nuts as usual - that's sufficient to tow with, let alone roll around.

 

You can just put your driveshafts on if you're not rolling far, just be sure to tie the driveshafts out of the way of anything they could be damaged by (ie subframe) as they rotate and flap around.

[marksorrento205 80]

As above I have a pair of out cv joints too.

[205_sunderland 4]

i normally just run a bar across the bay and use cable ties or rope to hang the shafts on it (make sure you do it somewhere the rope cant move as itll just run along the shaft till its free or shaft drops otherwise) and grease them where there rotating so they dont rub on anything whilst on tow and dont burn through cable ties or rope, keeps them straight and everyones a winner

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

I did this the other day.

 

I basically cable tied the drivers side long shaft to the gear lingage, and the passenger side loosely around the arm of the subframe.

 

They will obviously spin, and to save your boots, put something underneath. I used an old T shirt cut in half, and cable tied that down also so that it didnt wrap around and fall off.

 

Pictures speak 1000 words. How it ended up:

 

[Baz 421]

The ball joints back in the hubs will suffice if you're only rolling it around gently/not far, i do this very often, only ever had a bearing come apart whilst loading a car on a truck.

[Cameron 16]

90% of the time I take the driveshafts out with the uprights, to save having to undo hub nuts etc.. I do the same as chipstick and carefully zip-tie them to the subframe if I need to move the car.