Thread: Towing hitch

Thanks for the clarification. What I have is two of the tow attachments like the one here http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...le-003-001.jpg and one pintle hook set up.

Most of the one's I have seen are like the one on the link above. What I currently have wont work, so any options are greatly appreciated.

Surely this has to be attached with four bolts and not just two?

the drop plate does need more than two bolts holding it on

Is there a bar or something that needs to be welded onto the cross member? The top two bolts of the bottom 4 (the larger ones) are below my cross member and therefore it looks like I am missing something to use the types of tow ball set-ups like the link in my previous post. Cheers, Ronnie

Is it possible that some one has repaired your rear cross member by removing the normally rusty bottom section. The cross member should have a step of about 40mm from where the end outriggers join the middle section. see attached drawing.

I dont think it has been replaced. This picture shows what it looks like. You can see the stepped down section if you look between the scone cutter bars. All things are possible, but I dont reckon it has been replaced previously.

This picture actually shows the vehicle with the original pintle hook plate still mounted on.

The military crossmember does not have the step down, however, the civilian drop plate can be fitted to it.

John

John,
The plate that I have is taller than my cross-member. The two bolt holes at the top do line up, but the bottom two (larger) holes are below the cross-member. I'm not really sure how I could use this set-up. Even If I drilled two holes to match up with the holes currently in the cross-member (and used the two which match up already), I would only be able to use the smaller bolts rather than the larger one's which attach to the step down on the civilian models.

Any help is greatly appreciated!-Ronnie

Originally Posted by neophyteguy

John,
The plate that I have is taller than my cross-member. The two bolt holes at the top do line up, but the bottom two (larger) holes are below the cross-member. I'm not really sure how I could use this set-up. Even If I drilled two holes to match up with the holes currently in the cross-member (and used the two which match up already), I would only be able to use the smaller bolts rather than the larger one's which attach to the step down on the civilian models.

Any help is greatly appreciated!-Ronnie

That is what I have done (or to be more precise the outfit that sold it to me did). It has stood up to use for fifteen years like that. Worth noting that the heavier lower bolts were not fitted until some time in S2a production, all earlier. Also, the military towing hook was supported on these bolts. I have considered adding a piece of heavy angle to the bottom of the crossmember, either welded to the crossmember or with short bolts tapped into the crossmember, but in the absence of problems I have not done this. An alternative would be to drill out the lower holes to a larger diameter and weld in new tubes to fit the larger bolts.

Hope this helps,

John