supershuttle wrote:

Plus side is the bag and the rubber bung are as new

You'll never need them then....sell them on e-blag

Supershuutle, why don't you take the pin out, put a chain around a gate post and around the ball and pull very slowly in low box. It should come out as there is nothing else other than a bit of corrosion stopping it.

Vogue wrote:

Supershuutle, why don't you take the pin out, put a chain around a gate post and around the ball and pull very slowly in low box. It should come out as there is nothing else other than a bit of corrosion stopping it.

I tried that with mine and it almost pulled a tree out the ground

I had a similar problem with my tow bar rusted in place. I eventually managed to remove it by judicious use of a copper faced lump hammer and a lot of sweat. I sanded it all down and now it just slips into place in a matter of seconds whenever needed. When not fitted the square hole is filled with a plastic bung which gives a neat and tidy appearance. No longer FF owner but still interested. Present car Jaguar XE
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Mikeyjd wrote:

I had a similar problem with my tow bar rusted in place. I eventually managed to remove it by judicious use of a copper faced lump hammer and a lot of sweat. I sanded it all down and now it just slips into place in a matter of seconds whenever needed. When not fitted the square hole is filled with a plastic bung which gives a neat and tidy appearance.

I've been battering mine regularly with a proper lump hammer and applying copious amounts of WD40 when parked somewhere other than on my drive (drips everywhere).

Still no movement, I'll get round to applying heat and uprooting trees in due course  Geoff

has somebody bashed some shims or washers in the gap around the socket to stop the rattle - it has been done before. I usually push a business card into the gap to stop the rattle, but some people have hammered washers in there.

Vogue wrote:

mine is, on and off in 5 seconds literally, pin and R clip, can't go wrong

Deep Down wrote:

Vogue wrote:

mine is, on and off in 5 seconds literally, pin and R clip, can't go wrong

I take it the bolt on yours is not threaded and just passes straight through? The bolt on mine is threaded, likewise the hole in the 'Farmers Towbar' then there's the nut then the 'R'clip, it's all supposed to be torqued up to some incredible amount of Nm. Still comes off quite quick, there's no rattling either.

Mine had a pin, but it was seized solid and had to be cut out, now I use a bolt and nut and tighten it up to some incredible amount of Nm.......Sorted

supershuttle wrote:

Mikeyjd wrote:

I had a similar problem with my tow bar rusted in place. I eventually managed to remove it by judicious use of a copper faced lump hammer and a lot of sweat. I sanded it all down and now it just slips into place in a matter of seconds whenever needed. When not fitted the square hole is filled with a plastic bung which gives a neat and tidy appearance.

I've been battering mine regularly with a proper lump hammer and applying copious amounts of WD40 when parked somewhere other than on my drive (drips everywhere).

Still no movement, I'll get round to applying heat and uprooting trees in due course

Thanks for all advice on this this,
I need to get my hands on a bigger hammer then  Geoff

Yep  No longer FF owner but still interested. Present car Jaguar XE
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Previous LR- Disco 300TDi Auto

geoff, silly question but you definitely got the towbar that goes into a 2'' square hole..

'Fraid so, well insofar as it certainly went in but it's very reluctant to come out. Geoff

supershuttle wrote:

'Fraid so, well insofar as it certainly went in but it's very reluctant to come out.