Hey guys,
Just refitted the towbar to the Prado, after having to buy a bolting set.
The set came with 4 coarse threaded 8.8 bolts with 4 x threaded flat bar washers, and 4 flat bar washers not threaded (to use as HD washers). 2 of the threaded flat bar washers has a length of wire weldd to the end so you can hold them inside the chassis rail while bolting together. The outer bolts are able to be fitted by hand as they are at the end of the chassis rail.
Also supplied was 4 fine threaded bolts complete with spring washers, but no nuts.
I noticed inside the chassis rail on both sides, the inside hole for the towbar, already has a nut welded inside, so i did not need to use the wire attached flat bar threaded washers. The coarse threaded bolts with a spring washer and flat bar HD washer fitted through the towbar, and threaded directly onto the nut inside the chassis rail on either side.
But i noticed half way between the inside and outside bolts, there is 2 welded nuts inside the chassis also. These i assume would suit the fine threaded bolts. The nuts look quite rusty inside the chassis rail, and as the previously remove towbar only had 4 mounting holes, there is no way the other 2 bolts on each chassis rail could be fitted, unless i drilled 2 more holes through the towbar itself.
So at present, i have 4 bolts holding the towbar to the chassis rails, 2 bolts either side.
I did ring the towbar guy where i bought the bolt set from, and i said i did not use the wire attached threaded flat bar washers as a not inside the chassis rail, as there was a nut already welded inside it. When i told him about the fine thread bolts that i did not fit as there was no holes in the towbar to fit them, he said not to drill holes in the towbar, and Toyota must feel the 4 bolts are sufficient for the rating of the towbar.
Can anyone confirm that they also only have 4 bolts in total on their towbar, or do you have 8 bolts all up?
Just refitted the towbar to the Prado, after having to buy a bolting set.
The set came with 4 coarse threaded 8.8 bolts with 4 x threaded flat bar washers, and 4 flat bar washers not threaded (to use as HD washers). 2 of the threaded flat bar washers has a length of wire weldd to the end so you can hold them inside the chassis rail while bolting together. The outer bolts are able to be fitted by hand as they are at the end of the chassis rail.
Also supplied was 4 fine threaded bolts complete with spring washers, but no nuts.
I noticed inside the chassis rail on both sides, the inside hole for the towbar, already has a nut welded inside, so i did not need to use the wire attached flat bar threaded washers. The coarse threaded bolts with a spring washer and flat bar HD washer fitted through the towbar, and threaded directly onto the nut inside the chassis rail on either side.
But i noticed half way between the inside and outside bolts, there is 2 welded nuts inside the chassis also. These i assume would suit the fine threaded bolts. The nuts look quite rusty inside the chassis rail, and as the previously remove towbar only had 4 mounting holes, there is no way the other 2 bolts on each chassis rail could be fitted, unless i drilled 2 more holes through the towbar itself.
So at present, i have 4 bolts holding the towbar to the chassis rails, 2 bolts either side.
I did ring the towbar guy where i bought the bolt set from, and i said i did not use the wire attached threaded flat bar washers as a not inside the chassis rail, as there was a nut already welded inside it. When i told him about the fine thread bolts that i did not fit as there was no holes in the towbar to fit them, he said not to drill holes in the towbar, and Toyota must feel the 4 bolts are sufficient for the rating of the towbar.
Can anyone confirm that they also only have 4 bolts in total on their towbar, or do you have 8 bolts all up?
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