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Tow bar question, Will it work? |
Leo Imperial |
Jan 14 2006, 09:24 PM
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Do you have to use so many cuss words? Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 29-November 04 From: 914 Roadshow - Glen Cove NY Member No.: 3,192 Region Association: None |
Does anyone know if this will work on a 914 without modification?Craigslist ad
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Aaron Cox |
Jan 14 2006, 09:34 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
doubt it... it picks up the front beam on a VW
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Leo Imperial |
Jan 14 2006, 09:36 PM
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Do you have to use so many cuss words? Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 29-November 04 From: 914 Roadshow - Glen Cove NY Member No.: 3,192 Region Association: None |
That's what I thought.
Thanks |
Aaron Cox |
Jan 14 2006, 09:37 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
make it work. sure is cheap enough. |
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Leo Imperial |
Jan 14 2006, 09:49 PM
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Do you have to use so many cuss words? Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 29-November 04 From: 914 Roadshow - Glen Cove NY Member No.: 3,192 Region Association: None |
I plan on towing to the east coast with a VW bus. Do you think I'm nuts?
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DanT |
Jan 14 2006, 09:50 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
Leo,
Here is what I just purchased for $64 brand new from Bugformance in Sunnyvale ca. Supposed to be used to tow a superbeetle. I am fabbing two brackets to attach to the front torsion bar mounts (3 bolts into reinforced mounting area) here is a pic. Attached image(s) |
DanT |
Jan 14 2006, 09:52 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
attachment point detail
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Allan |
Jan 14 2006, 09:53 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
Yep... |
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94teener |
Jan 15 2006, 12:25 AM
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About $25.00 on eBay:
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94teener |
Jan 15 2006, 12:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 6-February 04 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 1,636 |
Another pic.
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Hybrid_Teener |
Jan 15 2006, 01:12 AM
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Wow, $64 for a tow bar AND Konis! good luck (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/welder.gif) |
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DanT |
Jan 15 2006, 11:06 AM
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I wish. I had considered that type of tow bar but I wanted the bar to attach under the car instead of to the front bulkhead. Reinforcements are already there. Just need to fab the brackets to attach to the front of the torsion bar points. Total weight for attachment brackets will be under 2 pounds. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) |
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TravisNeff |
Jan 15 2006, 11:43 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region |
If you are using the front torsion bar mounting area (like slipping a plate betweeen the torsion bar mount the A-arm mount) Does that change something in geomertry? Like dive under braking?
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DanT |
Jan 15 2006, 11:57 AM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
Unlike this picture, I will be attaching my base plate under the bolts only. The actual mounting of the torsion bar will be in the exact position it was previously.
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Leo Imperial |
Jan 16 2006, 05:33 PM
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Do you have to use so many cuss words? Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 29-November 04 From: 914 Roadshow - Glen Cove NY Member No.: 3,192 Region Association: None |
Thanks for the pictures Dan.
I think your way is a really good option. Want to make me a set? |
DanT |
Jan 16 2006, 06:29 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
Talk to David Lee, he has an ad in the resources section about towing eyes. The base plate I am using started out like the red one you see with out the verticle tow eye portion. To that I am welding on two tabs per side to attach to the tow bar.
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dlee1967 |
Jan 16 2006, 08:41 PM
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V8Lurker Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 20-February 03 From: Splendora, TX Member No.: 327 Region Association: None |
The tow bar project is on my list of things to do in upcoming weeks. I have a DrawTite brand tow bar that is adjustable (like the $25 Ebay one in a post above but higher quality) that I will start with first. I am not particulary thrilled with the quality of the Super Beetle bar. We need bars that can also handle the weight of a 914 with a V8. My cars both have 350s now.
At the moment, a friend has me working on 944 race eyes and I just finished spec Miata tow eyes. I also have a few other easy projects to burn through before going down the tow bar road. (Sorry, I used the M word when this should be all about Porsches.) I asked for a few details from Brad on the bar that he was selling in the classifieds and got nothing, so I will venture out on my own. It looks like there is significant interest in a solution. Espcially with the WCC coming up. The secret is to make a bracket that works with the stock front valance and with spoilers (without removal). It also has to be very low profile so as not to detract from the 914 looks or reduce ground clearance by much. I would also like to be able to pull two pins, remove the safety chains and go. Any reasonable suggestions would be welcomed. David Lee |
DanT |
Jan 16 2006, 08:50 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
I agree about the super beetle bar. When I have the tabs welded to the base plates I am also going to do some reinforcements to the tow bar itself.
My car is a 2.0L race car, so weight will actually be pretty similar to a super beetle, if not a bit less. thanks again to David. The base plates are very nice. |
jimkelly |
Jan 16 2006, 08:56 PM
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Delaware USA Group: Members Posts: 4,969 Joined: 5-August 04 From: Delaware, USA Member No.: 2,460 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I have the LE front spoiler on my 914 and the inner bolt to the suspension is a bit ower than it thus a longish plate bolted to suspension point protruding forward past the spoiler with properly oriented mounting points for a low cost hitch bar would be great!
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John Kelly |
Jan 17 2006, 07:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 692 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Moclips WA. Member No.: 640 |
Towing across country with Bus? I hope you have a nice strong engine...you are going to be over working it. The other consideration is the weight of the Bus is not enough to safely tow a 914 in my opinion. You don't want the tail to wag the dog. You could take as much weight as possible from the 914 and put it in the Bus...engine transaxle etc...might help. You can make a bracket/adapter that will allow the use of a VW tow bar. There is one in this album at the bottom of the page:
http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/comm...d=9980160442904 John www.ghiaspecialties.com |
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