harrycatcat1 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Over the past week both my daughter and son required my services to pull them out of ice/snow problems as they both have rear wheel drive cars. The thing I found there is no where to tie a tow rope, they both have tow eye things on the front and back. My question is are they all the same thread/size etc so I could put one in my boot to use on any car? or are they all different on all makes of car? Regards Hcc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 The towing eye its self is normally with the jack or spare wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 The towing eye its self is normally with the jack or spare wheel I did look in my daughters boot but could not find it, that why I wondered if there was a "universal" one I could put in my boot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 My Mate couldn`t find it either , phone the cars maker up, they will tell you, and you won`t Arf feel a Fool.lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I think that there are several different types - like with everything, manufacturers do their best to avoid part compatibility with other makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheasant Feeder Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 There are different threads some right handed and some left handed, various thread patterns. If they drive BMW's they are usually located inside the boot lid with the tool kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 There are different threads some right handed and some left handed, various thread patterns. If they drive BMW's they are usually located inside the boot lid with the tool kit. Thanks for that mate I didnt think it would be that easy to just have one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I towed a chap out of some water the other week when I offered to give him a pull I was surprised to see him take a little plastic bung out of the front of his car and go in the boot for this thing that he screwed in I thought it was quite a neat way of doing it I pulled him home about a mile down the road and he gave me £25 I was not expecting that but it was nice of him I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) They are all different. I had to be towed off the car park at Bobbin Mill a few weeks ago - mudbath. Took the towing hook out of the boot - wrong thread. The car is one year old - had to find a towing point underneath. Got home - I was going to get another one, when I found the original tucked away. Lord knows why it had two. Edited January 25, 2013 by Gordon R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 They are all different. I had to be towed off the car park at Bobbin Mill a few weeks ago - mudbath. Took the towing hook out of the boot - wrong thread. The car is one year old - had to find a towing point underneath. Got home - I was going to get another one, when I found the original tucked away. Lord knows why it had two. Is one longer than the other? One for the front one for the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 No - I had a spare one in the boot that I got for a mate - for an Astra. I hadn't given it to him and when I got stuck, I came across it first. I had forgotten all about it. Only dawned on me later. Must have been tucked in the emergency kit for a couple of months. The Astra had a left handed thread, but far thinner - as Astras are a lot lighter than my motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 TBH it would be a great use of a European standard making all new cars have the same thread. If your car has one then I'd make sure you had it fitted in snowy weather. If you only have one for front and rear then buy a second one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 TBH it would be a great use of a European standard making all new cars have the same thread. If your car has one then I'd make sure you had it fitted in snowy weather. If you only have one for front and rear then buy a second one. If you happened to skid on ice/snow, and unfortunately hit someone with a nice piece of metal protruding out of the front of your bumper ... Think I'll fit mine if/when needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 My front towing point is behind the front offside driving light, you have to remove the light and screw the doofus in, oh and its left hand thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwabbits Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I can concur, different makes /models have different types of toe/eye/lash fittings/locations. They are Not all the same and Not universal. Some cars don`t have a spare wheel either - but that`s another story/another thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 If you wants to be a smarty and need a new one on the cheap find the tow point, take your car to the local industrial tool stockist, buy at least an 8.8 bolt better with 10.1 or stronger and then put it through a flat plate, weld onto the bolt, and then weld an eye to the head and plate Cheap recovery point but for emergency use or short distances only……….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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