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Towing eye
steve m - 16/9/12 at 08:27 AM

I want to put a towing eye, or similar on the front of my 7, what have others done?

i was thinking more like the exhaust clamp u bend with the two threaded ends?

Steve

AntonUK - 16/9/12 at 09:53 AM

thats what we used on a mighty mini... worked fine getting it dragged from the kitty litter at brands

Confused but excited. - 16/9/12 at 10:40 AM

Don't forget to reinforce the chassis member with welded in tubes where you intend to put the bolts through.

macc man - 16/9/12 at 10:49 AM

It might be better to weld it to the chassis. Drilling the box section will weaken it.

RichardK - 16/9/12 at 12:30 PM

I'd use a couple 5mm pieces of flat with a couple of hole in each for the exhaust U clamp to go through with a couple of nuts on each leg and sandwich the chassis.

Cheers

Rich

lsdweb - 16/9/12 at 05:59 PM

Steve

Not a '7' but I have used a spare piece of tie down strap, wrapped around a tube, with a couple of bolts through the strap. I did the same when I had my Locost and it worked fine (and got used a lot!)

It's not that clear in this photo - will try and take a better one.

Regards

Wyn

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lsdweb - 16/9/12 at 06:23 PM

steve m - 16/9/12 at 07:44 PM

Thanks Guys, a couple of good solutions

Steve

Angel Acevedo - 25/9/12 at 03:00 AM

Tie Strap Solution is Genius!!
Goes very well with the Lightweight Credo...
Hand stitching may remove a couple of ounces more...

lsdweb - 25/9/12 at 06:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Angel Acevedo
Tie Strap Solution is Genius!!
Goes very well with the Lightweight Credo...
Hand stitching may remove a couple of ounces more...


I may stitch it in future! This was a quick fix to get a strap on it. Ideally, I'd have done it before the towing strut had been glued and bolted into the front crash box!

Wyn

ken555 - 25/9/12 at 04:53 PM

Peugeot 406 rear seatbelt with the catch removed, bolted to subframe.
Then held to body work with a loop of velcro, to keep it off ground.







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JonT - 25/9/12 at 06:36 PM

We used a towing strap bolted to one of the suspension pick up points (so should be strong enough)...

See here for an example

procomp - 25/9/12 at 06:55 PM

Hi

As above with the seat belt or one of the proper made for the jobs from TRS Willians Etc etc. On a locost for racing it is usually attached to the front lower wishbone bolt and neatly tucked in the nose cone. Also for racing it has to have a 60mm opening / loop.


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Cheers Matt

steve m - 25/9/12 at 07:25 PM

These straps are cool, so may go off to the breakers tomorrow

Steve