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Towing
Guidelines for Breakdown Services (Subject to technical modifications)
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Towing
Drive shafts
Ascertaining the damage location on a blocked drive train
왘 Secure the vehicle to prevent it from rolling.
왘 Start engine.
왘 Fill compressed air system up to cutoff pressure.
왘 Release parking brake.
The indicator lamp ! and the STOP lamp in the instrument panel must not light up.
왘 Disengage the clutch, select a gear and gradually release the clutch pedal.
Transmission damage 1 The engine stalls without propeller shaft 2 moving.
Transfer case damage 3 Propeller shaft 2 moves. Propeller shafts 5 and 6 do not move.
Rear axle damage 4 On vehicles without transfer case, the engine/transmission block twists in
the frame; on vehicles with transfer case, propeller shafts
2 and 6 also
move.
Front axle damage 7 Propeller shafts 2 and 5 move. Propeller shaft 6 does not move.