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Title: sidekick tow bar questions
Post by: tonyman246 on January 19, 2007, 08:00:37 PM
has anyone ever put a tow bar on a sidekick front bumper?

i just installed a "universal tow bar" on mine and i think i have a pretty stong mount, but is the bumper itself strong enough?

tell me soon! i leave in the morning and i hope it holds up  :-\
Title: Re: sidekick tow bar questions
Post by: ack on January 19, 2007, 10:52:44 PM
I took the front bumper off my '93 'kick a year ago while rebuilding the engine (don't ask why, please  ;D )and it struck me as being as flimsy as the Samurai bumper.

The BEST way to attach a towbar is DIRECTLY to the frame, not the bumper itself.  Bumpers these days are not like the ones on your dad's 65 Chevelle - chome-plated steel.
Title: Re: sidekick tow bar questions
Post by: ZeusZuki on January 19, 2007, 11:06:49 PM
Well you were asking for it - so ack why did you remove your front bumper, I just had to ask  ;D

ack - I am with you on mounting a front tow bar to the chassis - no other way is safe FULL STOP  :o

ZeusZuki  8)
Title: Re: sidekick tow bar questions
Post by: Rhinoman on January 20, 2007, 06:36:28 AM
The front bumper is not very strong and it is not held on securely enough for towing either.
Title: Re: sidekick tow bar questions
Post by: ack on January 21, 2007, 07:38:54 AM
Well you were asking for it - so ack why did you remove your front bumper, I just had to ask  ;D

ack - I am with you on mounting a front tow bar to the chassis - no other way is safe FULL STOP  :o

ZeusZuki  8)

I bought may '93 4-door 'Kick JLX ($500) with a broken crankshaft bolt from a botched timing belt change. That is why I CONSTANTLY HARP in timing belt posts on always removing the crank pulley assembly by removing the 4 - 5 for ar TracKick - bolts that attach the pulley to the crank timing belt pulley!  This one of the most common problems that sick Samurais and TracKicks have!

In order to get a clear shot at the end of the crankshaft to remove the broken bolt from the crank, I had to remove everything that was in the way -- including the front bumper.

...and that's the rest of the story.