Be lucky to find one of them mate better buy a new one
Submitted: Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 21:55
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Further to the conversation with the towbar guy as below view post I was told that the type of bar i had would only take a certain type of tongue. The problem being that the box section the tongue slides into is slightly crimped. ie the sides of the box section are slightly curved and apparently you have to find curved box section to make the new tongue out of.
Which the nice man tells me is hard to get hold of and for $480 I can get a new bar with the tongue i want.
Basically true or false? do different bar manufacturers make there bars out of differently shaped steel so thet only accept their tongues? I beleive my bar is a Nissan bar but am not sure.
Cheers Jim
Reply By: Lone Wolf - Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 22:06
Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 22:06
Most receptors are using standard SHS shapes.
If you can remove the one you have, and you have to anyway, cut the old tongue off, and make a new one. 75 x 20 flat bar, broach a hole, bit of heat, bend to shape, and weld it on. Get your local metal dude to do it, nothing in it, it's like kissing your sister.....
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Follow Up By: Willem - Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 22:11
Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 22:11
Get your local metal dude to do it, nothing in it, it's like kissing your sister.....
Hmmmm keeping it in the family, eh? ..LOL
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Follow Up By: Lone Wolf - Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 22:14
Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 22:14
I will never forget that saying! My instructor when I did my trade school, would always say that, after he had welded up some REALLY thin sheet, like....REALLY thin, measure it in nanometers. He would shrug off the feat, and say.....
So, it has stuck.
Wolfie
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