Thread: Crappy bolts...

man you are lucky noone was killed! was the bar purchased new?

Lucky mate very lucky I was just chattin with my cousin about the bolts that will attach my new bar

Hi Sam
NOT GOOD!!!!
By any chance was your bar slightly loose? ie enough to vibrate?
I once went to tighten the roobar bolts on the Mrs's Trytoo as I was sick of it vibrating 2 of the bolts sheared where they had been rubbing on the bar,much like metal fatigue,they were grade8 hi tensile bolts.the other2 had the threads worn off in the same area.
Andrew

I'd be asking Who fitted it, and asking them some serious questions.

they must have used mild steel bolts do you have the old bolts and there should be numbers or or dashs on the head if nothing then cheap bolts were used

Check the stamping on the bolt heads and see what spec (if any) they are, should be good high tensile ones. If the bar was fitted new with poor quality bolts...

Also it sounds like you were being recovered from only one side of the chassis and didn't have both sides bridled across both chassis rails. Is this the case or have I misread things?

To answer all the above questions...

The bar was not loose at all. The car had also recently been given a thorough check over. It was also checked over by the course leader.

I'm assuming the he bar was fitted with the car when it was bought new (10 years ago). The car has never been taken of road before o would never have needed to be recovered which is why this has never come to light before now. I don't know if the dealer or whoever fitted the bar.

I think have the bolts (or remains of) somewhere. They also went flying. I'll have a look next week when I get back from working in Melb.

It was lucky it was just one recovery point to the side which flung the bar to the left away from the recovering vehicle. Also lucky was that everyone was a safe distance away.

I'm glad no one was hurt and hope the vehicle's not to badly off.

When everything is fixed up have a look at the recovery points that Troutbeck sell.