Bent lockable Bully towbar tounge pin.

Hello people,

I am in need of advice and a first timer to this forum and feel very foolish. Have been using a Bully lockable pin to secure my hollow light weight towbar tounge into the square recieving hole built into my series 200 landcruiser. Last week I backed into a huge concrete pillar. All the force was taken by the towbar tounge and chassis. To my relief there was no visable damage to the tounge, chasis or anywhere else. Now I want to change the light weight tounge over to the solid tounge for van towing. The key can't be turned sufficiently to wind the locking device into the centre of the pin as the pin is bent.

With any normal towbar this would not be a problem as the trusty kacksaw would soon have the problem sorted. The 200 series is very different as the towbar mounting forms part of the chasis and it is impossible to get a hacksaw to slot in easily beside where the tounge slips into the chasis to cut the pin off.

Would appreciate any advice, particularly from anyone who may have done the same thing.

Regards
Bill