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Fitting a detachable tow bar

Hi All

Just a quick question about installing the detachable tow bar to a MY12. The installation instructions state to torque the nut on the bolt which attaches the bar into the armature at 300nm. My torque wrench only goes up to 135nm. I've got a 2 foot long breaker bar which I'm sure will get me to the 300nm range, but it wouldn't be a scientific process.

Could anyone advise. Should I just fit using the breaker bar, tightening to the point at which, essentially, I can't tighten anymore?

Thanks for any advice.

W

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i think the 300nm might be wrong..thats more than twice the torque for wheel nuts.. ... - .- -.




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Stan

I've got this value from page 3 of the accessory fitting guidance on topix

http://topix.landrover.jlrext.com/topix/co...tabs=false

I may well have not understood something though.

Thanks



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300Nm on the actual towbar receiver is probably right although 300Nm is a LOT!

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Thanks Weejock

I must be reading something wrong. If you check the link in my above post, the 2nd illustration box on Page 3 has an arrow pointing to the nut with "300nm" in the corner of that box.

Grateful for the help.

W

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this is from the workshop manual and it does say 300nm,

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wanderer wrote:
Thanks Weejock

I must be reading something wrong. If you check the link in my above post, the 2nd illustration box on Page 3 has an arrow pointing to the nut with "300nm" in the corner of that box.

Grateful for the help.

W


Editted my last post after I realised what you were referring too, the actual towbar armature instructions I had were wrong. 300Nm on the receiver is probably about right. I struggled with 250Nm on hub nuts before so as long as it's above that I wouldn't be too concerned.

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Thanks guys. So basically give it a lot of force on my breaker bar should be about right!

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If you have a 2 ft breaker bar, its pretty much the same as a 60kg on the end of it......ish.

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