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[Pete Masterson]

"Early" Subarus were known to be poor towing choices due to their
steering geometry. Later Subarus tow just fine. I believe the
original question involved an 80s era vehicle -- which has the known
problem with being towed 4-down.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Idaho Springs CO -- where it's snowing today!!



On Oct 13, 2007, at 10:15 PM, ronmarabito2002 wrote:

> I've towed a 2000 Subaru Outback more than 50,000 miles without
> incident.
>
> R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, tX 92WB40
>
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Robinson"
> wrote:
>>
>> Jon did you contact REMCO to ask them about your Subaru. I still
> believe it
>> was a Subaru that was reported as 'un-towable' due to the steering
> geometry.
>>
>> On 12/10/2007, Jon wrote:
>>>
>>> --- In
> WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
>>> "Don Bradner"
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have never seen a toad fail to straighten after a turn, or fail
>>> to turn correctly when cornering. Normal positive caster will always
>>> act to return the wheels to straight.
>>>>
>>>> Steering wheel locks are unlikely to be the answer. Even without
>>> the issue of scuffing on turns, most locks do not lock in the
>>> straight position, they lock to some amount left or right. So, you
>>> would probably be dragging the tires just going straight.
>>>>
>>>> One factor that effects caster is the height of front and rear of
>>> the vehicle. Down in front negatively affects caster, up in front
>>> positively affects it. If the towbar is too low it would tend to
>>> decrease the liklihood of the wheels returning to center. Towbar
>>> high
>>> should increase return-to-center.
>>>
>>> Now that maybe the answer! but I'm going to test my toe rig out with
>>> my pickup truck in the near future and see what happens. Don thanks
>>> again for those beautiful seats they really set of the old barge!!!
>>> Trying to get my wife to take the old bird down to Arizona this
>>> winter but she's says well see about that in January.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>> On 10/12/2007 at 7:39 PM Jon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This morning I went over to get an oil filter for my Onan
>>> generator and
>>>>> I mentioned that my old Subaru would not straiten out after I cut
>>> a
>>>>> close corner to the right. Well the supervisor of the repair shop
>>> told
>>>>> me that allot of toad will have this problem because of where the
>>> rear
>>>>> wheels of the coach are situated. By this I mean the rear wheels
>>> by
>>>>> being so far under the coach that most cars will not track right
>>> in a
>>>>> tight corner. He explained it to me but I'm still a little lost
>>> why
>>>>> this happens. He said the best way to make most turns in a rig
>>> like
>>>>> mine is to make them wide so the tire will have a chance to track
>>>>> around the corners. Also he said if I do haft to make a tight
>>> turn
>>>>> that I can either tie my steering wheel in the neutral position
>>> and so
>>>>> the tires will not turn going around a tight corner. I guess you
>>>>> wouldn't even haft to do this as you could just lock the steering
>>> wheel
>>>>> in place with the steering wheel lock.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now do you guys that have regular toads ever have a problem with
>>>>> turning in a tight turn at a slow speed? Just would like to know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jon
>>>>> Rebel Bird
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
>> 94 WLWB
>>
>>
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