Removing Towbar

[The Hairy Camper]

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.

[R0B]

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

[The Hairy Camper]

Cheers Rob, glad i was undoing the right bolts.

[RogerT]

https://giphy.com/gifs/car-trouble-keat ... i4nqi6RKZa

[clift_d]

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.

[T3luestar]

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.

[The Hairy Camper]

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

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

[itchyfeet]

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

[The Hairy Camper]

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

[The Hairy Camper]

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

[R0B]

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

[The Hairy Camper]

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;

[itchyfeet]

need to vactan indoor this time of year

[R0B]

Thanks for that

[The Hairy Camper]

need to vactan indoor this time of year

Thanks for that

No problem, glad i could help.