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| Osnabruck914 |
 Jul 29 2025, 12:37 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 19-December 22 From: United States Member No.: 27,038 Region Association: South East States  |
My car came with this ridiculous and heavy (22 lbs) tow bar assembly mounted under the nose. I put up with it for over ten years, hitting innumerable curbs, driveway dips, and parking space stops and today I finally removed it.
My question now is, how do you safely pull a 914 from the front onto the bed of a flatbed truck (which were the only instances I ever used the tow bar for)? Where should a tow guy attach his chains/straps underneath safely, where nothing will break, to winch the car forward onto the truck? Thank you. Osnabruck914  |
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| Osnabruck914 |
Jul 30 2025, 03:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 19-December 22 From: United States Member No.: 27,038 Region Association: South East States |
mepstein,
Got myself today a couple of the Harbor Freight axle straps you recommended. Now just to be clear, is the best attachment point on the a-arm(s) where I circled in the attached pic? Osnabruck914  |
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| mepstein |
Jul 30 2025, 04:13 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,994 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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QUOTE(Osnabruck914 @ Jul 30 2025, 05:50 PM)  mepstein, Got myself today a couple of the Harbor Freight axle straps you recommended. Now just to be clear, is the best attachment point on the a-arm(s) where I circled in the attached pic? Osnabruck914 Yes, that portion of the a-arm is more than strong enough to pull your car up the incline of a rollback. |
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Osnabruck914 Removed Tow Bar - Now What? Jul 29 2025, 12:37 PM
DRPHIL914 get a tow bar from Rich 914werke
http://www.914w... Jul 29 2025, 02:53 PM
Krieger That looks like a lot more than 22lbs Jul 29 2025, 06:18 PM mepstein Grab an axle strap at harbor freight, amazon, etc ... Jul 29 2025, 04:55 PM Literati914
Grab an axle strap at harbor freight, amazon, etc... Jul 29 2025, 06:31 PM mepstein
Grab an axle strap at harbor freight, amazon, et... Jul 29 2025, 06:43 PM Osnabruck914 Thanks Mepstein. That solves my problem!
Osna... Jul 29 2025, 07:12 PM bkrantz If you are really paranoid, get some of these.
ht... Jul 29 2025, 07:50 PM porschetub
If you are really paranoid, get some of these.
h... Jul 29 2025, 11:17 PM mepstein
[quote name='bkrantz' post='3217176' date='Jul 30... Jul 30 2025, 06:41 AM DRPHIL914
[quote name='bkrantz' post='3217176' date='Jul 3... Jul 30 2025, 07:21 AM |
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