should a pintle hook have a backing plate???

[glbft1]

greetings,
i am mounting a pintle on my 1971 mod rear bumper , do i need to mount a backing plate on this or not, wondering if it ever had one to begin with
Thanks
Greg

[jgkmmoore]

You betcha you need a backing plate

Especially if you are going to mount it in the middle part of the bumper. You best look at your own bumper and make your own decision. A pintle hitch usually indicates you will tow or haul something rather burly, sooner or later, and best be prepared.

[kevin-ct]

Yes, I would install one!

[jac04]

It should have 2 backing plates; one directly under the pintle hitch and one on the other side of the rear crossmember under the nuts of the mounting bolts.

Go here for all the info:

http://www.land-rover-lightweight.co.uk/NATO%20Hitch.html

[badvibes]

and one on the other side of the rear crossmember under the nuts of the mounting bolts.

Particularly this one as jac04 points out.

Jeff

[graniterover]

I watched someone at the winter romp try to pull another truck out of an icy bath and the pintle came flying out backwards.

[msggunny]

Where do you get a backing plate, or do you have to fab one up?

[jac04]

I would just make one since it is very simple and the link I referenced has all the dimensional info you need. If you don't feel like making one, you can source them from lrseries.com. Otherwise, I bet someone like pangolin4x4 could make one up for you.

[Les Parker]

Getting hitched

Here's a version RN is in the process of refabbing:-

http://www.roversnorth.com/store/searchadv.aspx?SearchTerm=551884

[jac04]

^^ That's for the civilian chassis. Do you have (or plan to make) the backing plates for the military chassis?

[Les Parker]

For the MOD chassis, the only part currently avail from Land Rover is the spacer plate # 531447 (no pic. sorry) for $43.80

[jac04]

Here is the 531447:

[yorker]

Where do you get a backing plate, or do you have to fab one up?

http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php/167168-Help-for-a-newbie-please?p=1317428&viewfull=1#post1317428

Just make one- they are stupid simple to make. Steel Plate: 7-1/2 IN LG - 4-1/2 IN WD - 3/8IN THK Use your pintle hook to position the holes- done.

I have the lightweight ones somewhere and you could have them but I don't really remember where I put them. If i find them I'll post them up here.

[jac04]

I have the lightweight ones somewhere....

Do you still have the pintle hitch? I need another one. PM me if you still have it.

[yorker]

Do you still have the pintle hitch? I need another one. PM me if you still have it.

Oh I am using the hitch, theplates are the things i don't need.

Just ran across some cheap on Ebay.co.uk:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LAND-ROVER-NATO-TOW-HITCH-REINFORCING-MOUNTING-PLATE_W0QQitemZ120526818341QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item1c0ff54c25

There are a bunch of the pintle hitches there too. Shipping would suck but some go pretty cheap.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=nato+hitch&_sacat=See-All-Categories