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Regretfully I had to pull that MWO off the site. I uploaded it then realized that its not public release yet. Don't really know how it got approved but neither here nor there, its off the site. I'm not up to any visits from some clown in a black suburban. BTW, did I mention that I love my towbar?
I've seen that type of adapter but not with the 1 1/8" pin. Still useable though, bush the adapter down and machine the base down a bit to fit the towbar.
How about 2540-01-267-2912. PN 12322663. That took some researchin! Ironically, its referred to as a medium bar as well, rated at 70 tons. Dug the NSN up from the M88 manuals.
I just hit my bar with the verniers and its 2.80". The NSN on my bar is 4910-00-433-7094. Perhaps we are comparing that to the 4910-00-735-6056 bar. Here's a link to one with that supposed NSN. http://www.allwheeldriveinc.com/AWD%20TBAR.htm
Oddly the 7094 bar doesn't seem to appear in any TMs...
Here are some pics of the ends of my well used towbar. Also some pics of the MWO sleeves installed on the towbar. The smaller sleeves measure 2.88" OD, 2.36" ID and length of sleeve 1.5". Thickness of the material measured in only one spot was.257". The larger sleeve is 3.510" OD, 2.90" ID...