Removing Towbar

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Removing Towbar

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Just had a go at removing my towbar today. Managed to get 2 bolts out, but another 2 are doing the usual old "rusted and not shifting" routine.

Just wanted to check how many bolts are on them and if i'm removing the right one's:
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Those four are the correct bolts to remove.https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/typ+ ... 807-85000/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Cheers Rob, glad i was undoing the right bolts.
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Have you ever seen an unhappy fool?

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I'm not sure what van you have (hint: put the details of your van in your signature), so this might be a redundant comment, but if you have a Westy then the towbar has three bolts per side.
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Make sure nothing has been mounted in the engine bay that uses a bolt going through the tow bar bracket! This makes for a lot of head scratching, swearing, pulling and pushing.

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clift_d wrote:I'm not sure what van you have (hint: put the details of your van in your signature), so this might be a redundant comment, but if you have a Westy then the towbar has three bolts per side.

Year, model and engine type are in my signature :ok

T3luestar wrote:Make sure nothing has been mounted in the engine bay that uses a bolt going through the tow bar bracket! This makes for a lot of head scratching, swearing, pulling and pushing.

Cheers, yeah it doesn't look like anything else accept the towbar is mounted. Always good to check on club 80-90 :D
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my westy swan neck tow bar has another two further forward 6 in total ( as said above)
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itchyfeet wrote:my westy swan neck tow bar has another two further forward 6 in total ( as said above)

I noticed on some pictures online that similar looking towbars had 5 or 6 bolts? I should have the 4 i can see on mine off tomorrow though, so i'll let you know if it has any more hidden :D
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Got the thing off :D Luckly the bolts were not holding anything else on :lol:
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If it wasn't for my impact wrench i don't know if i could have removed the last 2 bolts? So much dust comes off the them? So glad i bought it.
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Had another quick go with my polycarbide disc again. Scrubbing up nice 8)
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Should look good when i vactan prime and paint them 8)
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What impact wrench do you use fella? I could do with a new one.
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I bought this kit:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BURISCH-680n ... :rk:4:pf:0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The oiler is terrible, but the wrench has worked well so far.

If you have all the connections you could just buy the wrench:
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need to vactan indoor this time of year
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Thanks for that
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itchyfeet wrote:need to vactan indoor this time of year
:shock:

R0B wrote:Thanks for that
No problem, glad i could help.
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