Thread: Help Hayman Reece towbar fitting on D2

This might help:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...ge-raa527.html

pics in post #19

These pics of the stock D2 bar were appropriated from a current ebay listing.





Mine had a HR bar on it when I bought it. It's a bit of a shock seeing what a flimsy bit of junk the stock bar is.

cheers
Paul

Originally Posted by OffTrack

This might help:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...ge-raa527.html

pics in post #19

cheers
Paul

Interesting design in those pics, looks pretty heavy duty.

Originally Posted by saintysranch

All,

I have just purchased LR part no RAA527 which is a heavy duty WDH kit for my TD5 with sls after extensive research myself and my own LR guys confirming from LR Aust that this kit can be used with sls.

If its used with sls how do you know how tight to have the chains? As far as I'm aware there would be a very fine line to adjusting the tension on the chains would'nt there?. Lift it too far with chain tension and would'nt the system start dumping air to try and get it down to level?. Not far enough and the tension bars/chains would not do their job and almost be loose would'nt they?. This is the main reason I converted to coils as I wanted to use my HR WDH setup and I thought there were too many variables involved with use of sls system.
I'm certainly NOT critisising here, just curious as to how they would go with sls


Steve

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/1354207-post24.html

I have replied to your Private Message. Most dealers will probably tell you that you can't use a WDH on a Disco or on a Disco with SLS. The handbook says that you can't use a WDH on the 'standard' towbar and refers to the RAA527. I believe that there is a lot of confusion out there because dealers weren't aware of the availability of the RAA527 kit and the mistaken belief about WDH and SLS but the end result is that you can use a WDH with the Disco as long as you use the 'heavy duty' towbar that comes with the RAA527 kit and it is Ok to use and you can use it on one with SLS. I have a copy of the technical advice from LR Tech (thanks to Sneigy who was a great help sorting this out) that confirms that you can use the RAA527 with SLS.

cheers
Paul

This is what the Hayman Reese R1716 towbar (which I believe was the original subject of this thread) for a Discovery 2, looks like :

Fitted to an old chassis:
HR Tow 1.jpg

One of the holes in the crossmember that needs to be drilled out:
HR Tow 3.jpg

The Hayman Reese Kit:
d2 towbar HR1716.jpg

Fitted:
D2 HR towbar.jpg

Thanks Gaz thats the one I put on