Thread: D2 recovery points

Could I suggest substituting slightly longer bolts for those attaching the radius arms to the axle and bolting a captive hook each side to attach a towing cable when required as per the following. Not as "sexy" as a prominent JATE attachment but more effective engineering-wise... definitely worth a read

Technical Review of ADR

EDIT: see also http://www.yican.com.au/ADR/ADRMain.htm for field trials

cheers

I tried to buy one of these a few years back but he was no longer making them.

I am thinking of buying a 10m "Recover Fast recovery strop" #131059 from Bullivants ... Bullivants: Lifting, Rigging, Safety, Engineering, NATA, Quality, Technical

I'm looking into options for recovery points myself and was about to head outside to get a photo of the front of the car under the bull bar and came across this post of Muppet's:

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Wombat bar mounts to outer side of the crush cans, recovery points mount to the inner side.

Since my front end looks the same, what the heck is a Wombat bar and what's it for?

I can see that should be able to bolt the recovery points to the inside... will have a look tomorrow.

Originally Posted by plaven

Since my front end looks the same, what the heck is a Wombat bar and what's it for?

I can see that should be able to bolt the recovery points to the inside... will have a look tomorrow.

Protects things like tie rod arm, etc. I.e if you hit wombat/dog, etc and it goes under, it won't (theoretically) bend the steering arm and send you violently off the road.
It took me a while to work out I could do recovery points and wombat bar, the original bolts would only hold the points on, and by half a threads worth of the nut
So longer bolts are needed, good idea to go a size up as well.
It's quite fiddly putting the bar and points on at the same time, helps if you have an assistant but it's doable
Rather have the piece of mind, and I think it looks a bit better, as I'm not a huge fan of frontal bash plates but to each their own

Thanks Muppet.

I'll place an order for the recovery points. I'll admit I was bit disappointed when I looked under the front to see that bar. Glad I came across your photo.

These are mine.





And with the winch installed

This is my solution since I don't have a bull bar fitted. Install a second tow point. (yes I know, I know, I'll not call it a 'recovery point' as I know exactly where this discussion will go).
ps, that's a 8.8mm Dynamica Rope rated 6.6T (at splice). Works for me on my trips.