Hello all. I've a few questions that I haven't been able to find a satisfactory answer from as I've been lurking for a bit. I'm in the market for an XJ to replace my 2000 2WD WJ (booooo) and have seen a few on the ol' CL that are rigged for a tow bar. This has me wondering, after discussing with my local Jeep owning buddies, if the miles on the odometer are inclusive of the towed miles and what sort of difference in wear to the driveline and engine it causes. Secondly, what sort of damage or deformation should I look out for due to poorly installed or maintained tow bar setups. I apologize in advance if my search efforts sucked and I missed something that already answers my questions.

Liam

 

If it was towed with the tcase in neutral, then there shouldn't be any damage. The odometer won't show additional wear to the axles and wheel bearings etc. I think the tcase would have disengaged the trans, so that shouldn't have additional mileage on it. I might be wrong, all that stuff is kind of black magic to me.

 

Magic gearboxes of magical wonderment... Magic.

 

My XJ was towed behind a motor home, no ill effects

 

When these jeeps was new a lot of them was towed behind big rvs as a get around town car.Now the rvs are old and used up they sell them and the jeep.Like said the mileage only covers what its been drove,Whats its been towed you'd never know the real answer.

 

Andrew, thanks a lot for that. It was a bit of what I suspected may have been the answer, unfortunately.

 

To me i would still look at those jeeps and drive them.How a car drives and handles can tell you if it been taken care of or needs a lot of work.