Hi guys, I need to have my car winched on to a truck but cannot get the towing eye to engage in the rear bumper - but it fits perfectly in the front position.
Thought it might be a left hand thread but it tightens clockwise at the front so don't think it can be that.
My USA delivered 1996 Carrera seems to not have an opening in the rear bumper cover for the tow loop and so I surmise it doesn't have a socket to mount it to either, go figure?
Andy
Andy, how can that be? They have an opening in the center of the bumper under the license plate. If you have a euro rear bumper, the opening is off to the right corner of the recessed area for the license plate and the mounting point for the tow hook will no longer be accessible.
Lance, it should work exactly the same as the front. If it doesn't the threads are likely damaged, which would be peculiar considering how large the thread size/pitch is. You can try cleaning it up with a tap or re-threading die.
Just measured the thread on my tow hook and it's M20 x 2.5MM (metric course thread). You can use this to clean up the threads in the bumper:
Hi guys, I need to have my car winched on to a truck but cannot get the towing eye to engage in the rear bumper - but it fits perfectly in the front position.
Thought it might be a left hand thread but it tightens clockwise at the front so don't think it can be that.
Anyone else had similar issues?
Any suggestions, please?
Many thanks.
L
Just had another look in the cold light of day…
It appears upon further investigation that the hole in the rear bumper did not quite align properly with the thread for the towing eye, causing it to be canted to one side and thus not engaging squarely with the thread in the chassis.
A wee bit of judicious fettling with a scalpel relieved a small area - that’s all it took - to allow the eye to be screwed fully home. It’s a right-hand thread.
Once refitted, the blanking plug will hide the ‘modification’; mine is an early example 993 so perhaps the tooling wasn’t quite right.
My advice to 993 owners - well any car owner, really - would be to check that the towing eye does fit front and back ‘cos if it doesn’t the side of the road is not the best place to find out.
I never noticed a spot in the rear of my car for towing. Maybe another member can post a photograph of spot?
FYi: I have a standard bumper.
Underneath the rear license plate. See large hole in this pic. Bumper is just mocked up in that photo, so the reinforcement bar is not behind it but that's where it is and all US car have the same reinforcement bar underneath (single part number for all years).
Also, for the record, this is a US-spec bumper with bumperettes deleted. It's not a euro bumper (those have the hole in the far right corner and the plug cover is exposed just like the front.
Andy, how can that be? They have an opening in the center of the bumper under the license plate.
Wow, thanks Boom Boom, relearn something new every day! I'm getting old and maybe dotage is setting in as I have replaced the bumper cover two or three times over the years and completely forgot this, but I have not had the plates much less the bumper cover off in probably over ten years. Next, I will forget how to correctly position the cabin filters over the blower motors with the alignment pin pointing up and turn a ten-minute installation job into an hours-long effort,
Andy
Underneath the rear license plate. See large hole in this pic. Bumper is just mocked up in that photo, so the reinforcement bar is not behind it but that's where it is and all US car have the same reinforcement bar underneath (single part number for all years).
Also, for the record, this is a US-spec bumper with bumperettes deleted. It's not a euro bumper (those have the hole in the far right corner and the plug cover is exposed just like the front.
Boom boom, thank you. I never knew that it was behind my license plate!!
Wow, thanks Boom Boom, relearn something new every day! I'm getting old and maybe dotage is setting in as I have replaced the bumper cover two or three times over the years and completely forgot this, but I have not had the plates much less the bumper cover off in probably over ten years. Next, I will forget how to correctly position the cabin filters over the blower motors with the alignment pin pointing up and turn a ten-minute installation job into an hours-long effort,
Andy
Andy remember, your mind is the second thing to go......lol 😂
A wee bit of judicious fettling with a scalpel relieved a small area - that’s all it took - to allow the eye to be screwed fully home. It’s a right-hand thread.
L
smart man, i've seen many cars where the hole doesn't align well with the threaded insert.
FYI, if you ever buy a GT4, their front tow eyes ARE left hand thread.
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