Thread: D2 recovery points

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Hi Phillip.
Assuming you're talking about the wombat bar, flat no.
I almost put a hole in mine accidentally standing on it, recovery strains would tear it to pieces.
I know horizontally drilled recovery points aren't ideal, but I always use both points and have a safety feature basically as described by Tank in the big recovery techniques thread.
This photo shows my two recovery points, complete with wombat bar still attached. It's fiddly, but it can be done and I'd rather protect my steering arm.
Oh and please ignore the leaking diff breather and the winch cable not spooled on under tension

Cheers
Muppet

They look like my philco recovery points

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/verandah/1...ery-1-2-a.html

I think I posted in another thread that I was able to keep my wombat bar by making mounting points from 10MM steel that followed the shape of the factory recovery point mounts and bolting "Toyota" 10,000Lb hooks onto the mounts. I used 11MM 8.8 bolts or the SAE equivalent.

These are able to be fitted inside the chassis rails and emerge in the correct position. They are tight for a shackle but great for a bridle.

I made 2 of these and have one each side. I found a plastic cover from some Jap protection plate complete with mounting studs on Stockton which makes a great cover for the RH side.
Best of all they were free as I had the bits , except for the saw blades.
Regards Philip A