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12-12-2013, 12:48 AM | #1 |
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81 and up tow hook question
I just picked up 2 sets of tow hooks for the 81 and up trucks. One set has a slight curve where it mounts and the other set has alot of curve where it mounts. I know the ones with less curve are the common ones. What application is the other set? That is the second set i have seen with the extreme bend in them. Rears maybe?
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12-12-2013, 01:08 AM | #2 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
Holy moly! I am curious now as well, I have never seen the extremely bent ones.
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12-12-2013, 06:02 AM | #3 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
I'd say the bent one ,. is jus that bent lol
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12-12-2013, 10:08 AM | #4 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
I don't think so, I have a left and right like that and its the second pair i have had with that much bend.
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12-13-2013, 11:51 AM | #5 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
Someone must know something about these. It is factory... Also the second set of them i have owned.
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12-16-2013, 08:05 PM | #6 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
Anyone care to venture a guess even?
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12-16-2013, 08:41 PM | #7 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
I'm game. The pair on the left is from a 2wd. Right shows a 4x4 pair. Believe the 4wd trucks had a longer air dam so the hooks needed to be lower.
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12-16-2013, 11:21 PM | #8 | |
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Thanks for your input.
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12-17-2013, 01:31 AM | #9 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
I agree with Oldriginal86. Ill go in with the tight curved ones belong to a 2wd. There is also a third set for 81-91 that you dont see often but we ran across some at the junk yard the other day. The third set are much larger very similar to the 73-80 hooks. After I grabbed the usual pair for my Burb member Zoomad75 grabbed the big ones from a 1 ton chassis cab. Not sure if the large ones were an SEO or typical of 1 tons.
This is a picture from elsewhere on the web, but the large ones like Zoomad75 found the other day are like the two rustier hooks below.
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12-18-2013, 11:21 PM | #10 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
So we are thinking 2wd on the really bent pair.
Dirtylarry, i can't see your pic but would like to if you can load it. Thanks.
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12-20-2013, 01:47 AM | #11 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
Here's the ones we found the last weekend. These are thicker than the standard 81 and up hooks. We found them on a 1 ton Cab and Chassis. Everything else is similar in the bends and mounting to the standard hooks. I'll I can say is these things are BEEFY.
[IMG][URL=http://s445.photobucket.com/user/zoomad75/media/Mobile%20Uploads/NCM_0178.JPG.html]
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12-20-2013, 09:53 AM | #13 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
I pulled a set of the beefy ones from an 81 3/4 ton. What year was the cab and chassis? I'm thinking the beefy ones could a 1 year only 81.
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12-20-2013, 11:34 AM | #14 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
Thanks for the pic zoomad. So it looks like 4 styles of tow hooks used from 73-91...
Ray, you have a set like the ones pictured by zoomad? Or mine?
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12-21-2013, 01:17 AM | #15 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
All of my sets of tow hooks were pulled from 4wd and none of them have the extra bend so I think they must be 2wd. The set from the 81 has a similar girth as the 73-80 ones. I bet GM figured they could save 2 cents per truck by thinning up the hooks.
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12-21-2013, 11:01 PM | #16 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
The chassis cab Zoomad and I got them from was an 89 or 90 but still the square body style. I snagged the hydraulic clutch pedals from this same truck a few years ago. I'm thinking the beefy hooks were either an SEO option or sold as GM accessory.
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12-22-2013, 10:42 AM | #17 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
That's probably the case. The 81 truck wasn't even heavy duty as it had a semi float rear end. And some of my hooks came from 88-91 crew cab 1 ton 4wd and they were the regular hooks.
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12-22-2013, 12:48 PM | #18 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
Just for contrast here are a couple pics of an original set from my 1977-1980 K30 trucks.
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12-21-2013, 10:30 PM | #19 |
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Re: 81 and up tow hook question
Looked at mine tonite, they look like the right ones in the post 5 pic.. My truck is 2wd. Hope this solves the mystery.
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