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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:






Cheers.

Those four are the correct bolts to remove.https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/typ+ ... 807-85000/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cheers Rob, glad i was undoing the right bolts.

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.

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.

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

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

my westy swan neck tow bar has another two further forward 6 in total ( as said above)

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

Got the thing off Luckly the bolts were not holding anything else on


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.


Had another quick go with my polycarbide disc again. Scrubbing up nice



Should look good when i vactan prime and paint them

What impact wrench do you use fella? I could do with a new one.

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:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Burisch-Air- ... :rk:1:pf:0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

need to vactan indoor this time of year

Thanks for that

itchyfeet wrote:need to vactan indoor this time of year

R0B wrote:Thanks for that

No problem, glad i could help.