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Originally Posted by Clifford Pope
That's absolutely correct - it's what I've been trying to say from the start. 
The original shorter bolts stop INSIDE the chassis, and the nuts are recessed.
The tow bar fitting clamps on the OUTSIDE of the chassis, so the bolts have to be longer.
The tow bar will work if you don't put in spacers to fill the gap, but the bumper shock absorbers will not be clamped firmly. Also as 140 says, the chassis won't be braced inside so risks getting squashed as you tighten you nuts.
They are not "sleeves" in the strict sense, simply spacers to fill the gap. |
Clifford if there have been recesses for nuts on any of my 240s I didn't notice or have forgot.
mea culpa then, That puts more light on the known thing of fitting longer bolts. Thank you. Interesting.
I'm increasingly itching to remove the towbar. I know it takes "no time" but I am snowed under by lack of enery and loads of priorities....
Stephen
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