Keith, the previous owner had a company in Yuma Arizona make a quick release for the driveshaft. He is the only one I know that has even done it. It works pretty easily most times. There is a cable that is run up to the drivers seat. You put the rig in neutral and then pull the cable. This disengages the driveline and you are off to the races. I have NEVER seen this, but I absolutely love it and makes taking my son and I on our Moto adventures pretty epic.@POR_SHUH How do you disconnect the driveshaft to flat tow your Sprinter? Someone was asking in the Australia sub-forum very recently.
And nice looking rig! I'm surprised the Sprinter doesn't fit inside
Keith.
Of course, the more modern MB Automatics with electronic shifters have a manual release on the side of the transmission! I had forgotten all about that.Keith, the previous owner had a company in Yuma Arizona make a quick release for the driveshaft. He is the only one I know that has even done it. It works pretty easily most times. There is a cable that is run up to the drivers seat. You put the rig in neutral and then pull the cable. This disengages the driveline and you are off to the races. I have NEVER seen this, but I absolutely love it and makes taking my son and I on our Moto adventures pretty epic.
Here you go! It’s not too complex I don’t think.Of course, the more modern MB Automatics with electronic shifters have a manual release on the side of the transmission! I had forgotten all about that.
We used to conduct emissions tests on MB and Merc cars at work and had to position them on the chassis dyno without turning the engine on so had cable releases added to the trans exactly as you describe.
Could you possibly snap a photo of the end of the cable on the trans to show others please.
Cheers,
Keith.
Well, it wasn’t what I was either, but it definitely works. I’ve had it for a few weeks now and it was on a whim I googled MOTOVAN wanting some ideas for a van we could securely haul our bikes around in. This van came up for sale the week we were headed to SoCal to ride and when I saw it could be flat towed, I couldn’t pass it up. It was located in the same location we were going to of all places. I dont know a lot about these vans, but Ive found it to be extremely handy. Ideally I would love a 4X4 but I don’t think there is any way to fully disengage the drive train to flat tow like this. For now I’m working on trying to make it a little more handy and need to add some goodies for some light camping duties.Thanks, not quite what I was expecting but all the same very interesting.
Hi, I was wondering if there was any chance of getting more into who the manufacturer is??Keith, the previous owner had a company in Yuma Arizona make a quick release for the driveshaft. He is the only one I know that has even done it. It works pretty easily most times. There is a cable that is run up to the drivers seat. You put the rig in neutral and then pull the cable. This disengages the driveline and you are off to the races. I have NEVER seen this, but I absolutely love it and makes taking my son and I on our Moto adventures pretty epic.