nickp3003

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hellooo everyone! anybody be able to tell me what size bolt holds a standard towball to the bracket? (not the bracket to the chassis ;))

Ive got one and it takes a 22mm spanner but don't know if its M16 or M18?
sorry for a bit of a dim engineering question but I don't want to order the wrong ones! :)

Have a nice day all!
 
I saw em on eBay for a couple of quid then went to my local fixings place and got two (with nuts and washers) for less than a £1
 
Like Tim says, M16.
Be careful to use high tensile steel bolts for the job, theres a heavy tensile load on them while you're towing.
 
Like Tim says, M16.
Be careful to use high tensile steel bolts for the job, theres a heavy tensile load on them while you're towing.

Thank you everybody! I thought it was M16 but wanted to double check.

Its to hold on a NATO hitch that's got quite a bit of weight to it so ill be sure to get high tensile / high breaking point bolts as there's going to be quite a bit of stress put upon the bolts during recovery, I wont be using it to tow anything but none the less needs to be high tensile.

thanks all!
 
A 22mm spanner size is M14 unless its a specialist bolt

Most tow balls etc take M16 24mm spanner

Dont put a m14 in a m16 hole
 
nato isn't m16

No, I dont think it is, he dint say that in the OP

hellooo everyone! anybody be able to tell me what size bolt holds a standard towball to the bracket? (not the bracket to the chassis ;))

it clearly said standard ball :)

you need part No BH112241L

if it was a 22mm it would be an M14, bot google thinks the BH112241L is an M12.


 
as in these thingys
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Im bacckkk is a 7.5ton big nato hitch, not one of those ones pictured above
 
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I said tow ball as the same bolt fitted the nato but wernt long enough ;-) wanted to check it was m16
 

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