Is anybody here know or is an engineer that could fit rear tow hooks for me? They would need to be done on weekend as its not possible for me to get done during week.
Also are all engineers bolts high tensile?
Cheers
Fitting Tow Hooks CHCH
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do it yourself, its not hard. i would talk to mr offroader and see where he/matt fixed the hooks to his disco and go from there, you can get the bolts from blacks fastners for cheap as. and the hooks can be got from most places like repco, 4wd accesories, delta 4wd ect... and before jerry says anything about strength 
.... it is better to over engineer and be safe than it is to risk it.
if you dont fel comfortale doing it yourself, maybe get hold of rick at 4wd accesories.
.... it is better to over engineer and be safe than it is to risk it.
if you dont fel comfortale doing it yourself, maybe get hold of rick at 4wd accesories.
toymota thats stock standard.
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kaney wrote:do it yourself, its not hard. i would talk to mr offroader and see where he/matt fixed the hooks to his disco and go from there
dont ask me i dont know
........the rear has had a plate bent up which bolts onto where the tow bar normally goes with a tow hook on it....the front has a custom winch bar and winch, this just has a hook bolted to that. You need grade 8.8 high tensile bolts and they need to be at least 12mm thick 80 series tow bus towing a redneck ass vitara 
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and before jerry says anything about strength .... it is better to over engineer and be safe than it is to risk it.
Don't forget the possible sideways movement on the hook as well
, sorry I'm all out of nag pills at the moment...need to get some more.cant its not at my house its in bits awaiting the nissan diffs
Don't be a lazy little shit
, get Turoa to take some pics...comeon man its a fellow landrover owner .... you are usually fanatical about your twuck 70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)
Re: Fitting Tow Hooks CHCH
Disco-Blue wrote:Is anybody here know or is an engineer that could fit rear tow hooks for me? They would need to be done on weekend as its not possible for me to get done during week.
Also are all engineers bolts high tensile?
Cheers
If you're anywhere near Amberley I could have a look for you this weekend at some stage (weather permitting) and see if it would be a relatively simple fit... never done a hook on a Disco before...
As for Engineers bolts? Not sure what you're getting at there... I only ever fit hooks with grade 8 or 8.8 bolts (8 is imperial, 8.8 is metric - both are high-tensile)... The recovery hooks you buy come with grade 8 fine-thread imperial bolts and nylock nuts normally (which is a warning to those fitting them to Jap trucks with ready-to-bolt nuts in the chassis... like Hiluxes... don't use the bolts in the pack... go buy some metric fine thread bolts...
Steve
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Re: Fitting Tow Hooks CHCH
SupraLux wrote:Disco-Blue wrote:Is anybody here know or is an engineer that could fit rear tow hooks for me? They would need to be done on weekend as its not possible for me to get done during week.
Also are all engineers bolts high tensile?
Cheers
If you're anywhere near Amberley I could have a look for you this weekend at some stage (weather permitting) and see if it would be a relatively simple fit... never done a hook on a Disco before...
As for Engineers bolts? Not sure what you're getting at there... I only ever fit hooks with grade 8 or 8.8 bolts (8 is imperial, 8.8 is metric - both are high-tensile)... The recovery hooks you buy come with grade 8 fine-thread imperial bolts and nylock nuts normally (which is a warning to those fitting them to Jap trucks with ready-to-bolt nuts in the chassis... like Hiluxes... don't use the bolts in the pack... go buy some metric fine thread bolts...
Steve
Thanks for that, was just driving through Amberly in it today to
I'll PM you Supralux if I head back that way soon as im just in kaiapoi