Rear step with tow bar

[weeds]

Has anybody sorted a solution to refit the rear step after tow bar is fitted??

[Tombie]

Which tow bar?

[weeds]

Hayman Reece type......

[ozrob]

I have no problem in fitting the rear step with a Hayman Reece towbar.
The threaded holes in the rear chassis cross-member are fully accessible.

[weeds]

I have no problem in fitting the rear step with a Hayman Reece towbar.
The threaded holes in the rear chassis cross-member are fully accessible.



Well there you go....thanks.

Although I seem to only have one thread/captive nut in the chassis....the other (other) was a bolt that I had to cut off.

Will look at re-fitting after the bar is fitted.

[LR V8]

Hi weeds, do you have a photo of your tow bar handy ? I assume it's the horizontal support bar type ... about a foot & 1/2 wide ?

My 2013 Defender rear step has no issues with my HR tow bar, but it has a support bar tapered forward to the chassis rails.

Cheers,

Pete

[TheGrumpy]

Here's a pic of the HR I fitted earlier this year. No problem with the step but won't work with a long range fuel tank I think.

[weeds]

Thanks......that bar looks different to the one I had fitted to my old defender, I always thought it was a hayman Reece.....

[Tombie]

So there was a couple of different ones...

The one in the pic posted by the OP is not compatible with a Long Range tank. But allows the step.

Then there is a square tube version which allows the tank but inhibits the step being refitted.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/10/387.jpg

[weeds]

So there was a couple of different ones...

The one in the pic is not compatible with a Long Range tank. But allows the step.

Then there is a square tube version which allows the tank but inhibits the step being refitted.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/10/387.jpg



Umm, that's looks similar to my old one and I have a long range tank fitted.

[Tombie]

Umm, that's looks similar to my old one and I have a long range tank fitted.



Exactly - I had to remove the curved version and fit this to put the Tank in..

[DiscoMick]

Mine has a Long Ranger tank and a HR bar and they fit no problems.
I suppose the size of the tank might affect it.

[Tombie]

Perhaps a different brand LR tank?

[DiscoMick]

Perhaps a different brand LR tank?

Long Range, Long Ranger or others?

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[Tombie]

Mine was a Long Ranger and had to change to the Square tube Hitch as the curved tube Hitch interfered..

[DiscoMick]

Ok. My hitch is also square tube.

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[weeds]

Thinking cap on.......now that the car is home to work a solution