Seems like it will probably be fine without the cross member, at least till I have time to have anoth crack at putting it in.
Wasn't going to put it back under. I'm going to get a rear bar with a swing out carrier in the future, but for now it can sit in the back. It hangs too low and I seem...
Thanks, that's pretty much what I was thinking. At the moment it's a daily and camper with some minor offroading, so it should be right for a while.
If I want to get into some more serious stuff, I might try and put it back in.
I took my spare tyre out from underneath my 97 80 series today. The winch mechanism was unable to wind down, so I had to take out the cross-member to get the tyre out.
Problem is, I can't for the life of me get the damn thing back in. It was a very tight fit to get out, but it almost seems like...