Towing Eye Snaped

[stinger]

My golf was recovered on a recovery truck a few weeks ago they left the towing eye in. Today i tried to remove it, it was on very tight and while trying to twist it off it snaped and 3/4 of the eye is stuck in the socket. Any ideas on how to remove and are they usually removed anti clockwise? thanks

[tornadored7]

My golf was recovered on a recovery truck a few weeks ago they left the towing eye in. Today i tried to remove it, it was on very tight and while trying to twist it off it snaped and 3/4 of the eye is stuck in the socket. Any ideas on how to remove and are they usually removed anti clockwise? thanks

I believe that the towing eye has a left hand thread, so;

to tighten turn anti-clockwise
while to loosen turn clockwise


If any of the towing eye is protruding, try gripping it with some mole grips/pliers and rotating clockwise, however the bumper may obstruct access.

TR7

[stinger]

its snapped inside the socket for the towing eye so there is no way to get to it. i must have been tightening it no wonder why it snapped. on top of it bent snaped its now tightened to the max.

[herby0001]

I would suggest is to drill and tap and hole, then using a normal bolt, tighten it up in the normal clockwise direction which will allow you to try and turn the remnants of the towing eye. A local engineering workshop may be able to help with taps to save you buying them.