Trying to get the tow bar off, all looks very simple std LR stuff, box section arm plugging into square socket. Removed the pin and started trying to shift it with a lump hammer - didn't budge.
Should I
a. Get a bigger hammer.
b. Try and pull something heavy with pin removed.
c. look again and see that I need to remove something else.

Tried to search but tow bar is tedious in the number of results it returns. Geoff

a.

Try some penetrating fluid or WD40 then

a.

Take the pin out, tie a rope to the ball and the other end to a tree and put your foot down...please send video so we can see which bit came out  Current MY2020
Gone: 1 x L405 and 2 x L322's

Letsavit has a tree you can pull out. 

I'd go with D.
Rope tied to something solid. Slightly tension it by pulling forward. Then clout it once it's under tension.

If you have to do option B then use a chain. Ropes can and will snap under shock load and I'd bet good money when it does the recoil will leave its mark on your tailgate. Call it Sod's Law if you like.

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

Letsavit has a tree you can pull out.

He's to scared!

You just need a BFH!

you could also put some gentle heat on it. Current: TDV8 (3.6) RRS HSE



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TDV8(3.6) Vogue
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D1 V8 ES
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Duck oil or diesel over night.

Tap it off once lubed  2010 Disco XS TDV6, 2009 Freelander 2 GS

Previous Landrover products -1990 110 TDI CSW, 2003 TD6 Vogue - RRC TD Vogue, RRC v8 Fleetline, Disco ES V8 LPG, 101 Ambulance "Morph", 1964 SIIa Auto Powered by Jag 4.2 Lump - "Percy".

Mine is also corroded in, I've used penetrating oil, heat, chain round a tree and whilst the tension was on I placed a 20 ton bottle jack between the ball plate and the bar......and it's still seized solid.

The only way to remove it will be to remove the complete tow bar to gain access to the rear of the square, then apply heat and using an air hammer rattle it out.

Thats what I thought too when I removed mine... the next size up hammer will work.



Don't worry, they are made of stern stuff. 2010 Disco XS TDV6, 2009 Freelander 2 GS

Previous Landrover products -1990 110 TDI CSW, 2003 TD6 Vogue - RRC TD Vogue, RRC v8 Fleetline, Disco ES V8 LPG, 101 Ambulance "Morph", 1964 SIIa Auto Powered by Jag 4.2 Lump - "Percy".

elpeede wrote:

Thats what I thought too when I removed mine... the next size up hammer will work.



Don't worry, they are made of stern stuff.

Is it the swan neck or fixed plate?

Why do you want to remove it?

nbunney wrote:

Is it the swan neck or fixed plate?

Why do you want to remove it?

It's fixed plate, I would like to remove it because I should be able to remove it and I'll need to if I get my hands on the official LR bike rack

When I've got it off I'll grease everthing up so it will slip in and out easily in the future - oh err.........

I'll give it a "proper go" this weekend! Geoff

Just make sure you don't give your rear bumper a "facelift" with the extra gusto!