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Vogue



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It will be fine, the Farmers Tow Bar is simple agricultural engineering with nothing to go wrong - it's held in place with a simple pin and an R clip in a massive 2" x 2" receiver.

The previous issues were with the quick release coupling on the other swan neck type tow bar and the spring loaded latching. 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

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The bit arrived today. Or, it would have done, if Customs and Excise hadn't decided to help themselves to £5.92 and Royal Mail hadn't decided to help themselves to a further £8.00 for the joy of me having to pay them the £5.92 Evil or Very Mad

I expected the £5.92, but £8.00 is excessive.

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Red Merle; Hope you've got over the rage of being charged a handling fee just to help you pay the customs duty. Last time this happened to me I was pretty cross as royal mail then made it difficult for me to collect the parcel...

... anyway I was more interested to hear how you had got on with the Hitch Clamp in practice. Does it stop the rattling? Is it reasonably straightforward to fit each time you need to use it? 2016 SDV8 AB

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Red Merle



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Yes, I’ve got over it now, thanks for asking! Laughing

Yes, it absolutely fixes receiver hitch rattle and it’s a doddle to put on, although it has to be fitted in a slightly different way to the recommended one to fit! I’ll take a photo later...

Having said that, the tow bar stays in place permanently and the lock nut on the clamp has needed tightening just the once. It didn’t half rattle when it was loose!

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In order to fit, the horizontal bar had to be fitted upside down! But, it works perfectly Thumbs Up

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Apologies for asking a question you may have already answered.
On your tow plate that's slots into the receiver, is there different height holes to allow adjusting height of tow bar?
Thanks for your help

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Did you see the photo at the top of page 1 of this thread Whistle

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My apologies.

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How many for a first offence? Very Happy

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Laughing Thumbs Up

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Red Merle



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All sorted I see Very Happy Thumbs Up

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I found that the pin with R clip and tightening the side bolt stopped any movement and rattling. It was a bit scary when I hadn't tightened the second nut on the bolt properly and heard a series of clunks from the towbar.

I can't believe that LR couldn't come up with a more elegant solution though. 17 MY Corris Grey 4.4 VAB
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Red Merle



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Please would you put up a photo of the “side bolt” that you’re referring to?

Thanks!

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ABAB



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Ditto - very interested to see this side bolt as well - don’t recognise the description for my setup. 2016 SDV8 AB

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Rather embarrassingly I don't know how to post pictures, and am not technical enough to benefit from instructions such as "it's dead easy, look at X", but if no-one else posts a picture you can PM me your email address and I will email you a picture of my towbar which has the anti-rattle bolt described, and you can post on here if you want. Only Range Rovers since 1988

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Done Thumbs Up

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