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chesters
 


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Removable Tow Bar Rebuild help

Can any on e help me I have had to remove the green handle to get the tow bar off. As the key is ceased and the lock won't turn. I have taken it to bits to clean it and seem to have a single ball bearing now. Can any one help me with the rebuilding of this part.


Cheers Paul.
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If you've got that far, it should be really obvious how you'd replace the 'main mechanism'. Easier/cheaper just to buy a new 'part' rather than repair Thumbs Up

Speak to Nick at Yeovil Land Rover for the parts you need Thumbs Up

(Don't want to post a tutorial online Thumbs Up )
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This sounds familiar...

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/post501518.html#501518


I'm sure someone sent me a PM, but I can't find it.. Seem to remember that it involved some molegrips, I've still got the pieces in the garage Big Cry
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Found it!!!! Courtesy of TallPaul


Quote "Yes annoying isn't it! My towbar arrived with a broken key and the supplier sent me a new lock but no instructions on how to change it so I opened the plate and the rest is history.

To get it back together I used a G-Clamp to wind the locking pin back in until the ball bearing engaged (pressed ball bearing down as it was close to housing with fingers I think, might have been small g-clamp). I then tried to align the spline on the bar that the handle connects to into the right position. Took a few goes to get locking lever in right location but its perfectly possible to do.

There should be a small spring under the ball bearing, and a large spring that pushes the locking pin out into the locked position. Locking pin should be very difficult to push back in as spring is strong (hence g-clamp needed), so perhaps this spring is missing? Unquote


It wasn't molegrips after all.
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Overhauled my towbar last night - had some spare ball bearings at the ready, as I had lost the original one when doing it earlier in the week. Worked out well, followed the powerfuluk videos on youtube which were helpful
  
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Any idea of the ball bearing size please?
  
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