Tow bars for Series

I remember the old tow balls used to be a two piece arrangement with a coach head bolt going down through a cast or forged ball. I think 1 7/8” sounds right. A bit too sloppy in a 50 mm coupling. Those were the days.

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Originally Posted by slug_burner

I remember the old tow balls used to be a two piece arrangement with a coach head bolt going down through a cast or forged ball. I think 1 7/8” sounds right. A bit too sloppy in a 50 mm coupling. Those were the days.

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Attachment 151486 one of these[thumbsupbig]

Attachment 151487 rust and me shivering may have effected the reading a little should be 1.875" I think

Cheers Paul

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

That towball looks exactly like the standard home market towball p/n 568872. They are quite rare here - I don't think I have ever seen one. They are usually fitted to the drop plate p/n 508412.

The only issue would be that it is presumably 2" rather than 50mm, but the difference is probably within the tolerance of most tow hitches.

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Hello from Brisbane.

That towball type is still commonly used in South Africa and Zimbabwe - probably a number of the other ex-colonies as well. The new ones are 50mm.

Cheers,

Neil

Not surprising, but they are vanishingly rare in Australia.

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Originally Posted by russellrovers

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