smiti3 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Hi....newbe to ur site here.....im looking for some info....the woman next door just bought a new outback wagon to replace the one she has driven for the past 10 years here in new england.....she wants to send her old one to the retirement home She has in florida......i offered to get it there for her,seeing i drive down once a year myself to visit my own retired relatives.....can i safley remove the rear drive shaft and dolly it two up....or am i going to half to go full trailor.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 can i safley remove the rear drive shaft and dolly it two up....or am i going to half to go full trailor.. generally speaking yes, this is acceptable. but it may depend on the year of the car being towed. i can't imagine an 05 would have a limitation, but i do not know. towing as described is correct for the 90 - 04 AWD cars. what year outback.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 is the old one a manual trans? - they can tow all 4 down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiti3 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Thanks for the replys......it seems the more research i do....the more spcific i need to get..... kinda funny ...i see the car everyday...and never really thought about it till now.... i will get the real numbers tonight...and post ....thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdeadeye1 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) I did the same thing with 95 legacy awd. with auto transmission. I towed it . I put it on a dolly and unbolted the rear shaft with 4 bolts. No problems. Edited October 16, 2014 by xdeadeye1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiti3 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Ok an update.....its a 2009 forester ...its the pzev 2.5 automatic.... The driveshaft appears accessable.....question is ....does it unbolt or slide out of the tranny....i could not see the trans end ...she was not home and i could only look under from the rear....if it slides out will there be fluid leakage to count for.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdeadeye1 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 ok just ignore me if this doesn't apply. but : the long driveshaft goes to the rear where there is a bearing of some kind. After that bearing is a short shaft to the rear differential. Unbolt the short shaft from the long shaft. You don't need to do anything with the tranny. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Just unbolt the 4 bolts at the rear flange and wire the end off the shaft off to the side....It can stay like that for the trip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollwriter Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 this little bit of info helped me also. I am moving to cocoa beach, Fla this comming wednesday the 29th of october. i'mprobobly going to tow my 96 outback down. There is a good amount of $ difference from a dolly to the full car trailor. All I need is 2 unbolt and wire shaft out of way. so kool ty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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