[Jim_Aus]

Jimny winch plate out of 6mm of 8mm...??


whats the best way to fix one of these to the front ....

any tips would be appriciated before i dive into it this weekend..

[Jezza86]

3mm, with supports made from welded on sections

a big heavy plate can take load, buta thiner plate with bracing in the right places can take more, and weighs less

[Jim_Aus]

i measured the protrusion of the chassis raill and 130 flat bar would be prefect... not sure about thickness though. i was going to have it overlap the chassis rails - 700mm long and weld plates on the end and on the inside of the chassis rail and bolt it up with 4/M12's each side with 75x75 gusset's on the inside of the rails, centered in-between the mounting bolts....

not sure what that will weight with a winch though.... already have coil spacers in the front.(15mm)

[Jezza86]

with cable a 9-12K LB winch is ~40KG, 30Kg or so with rope. wouldnt expect more then 10KG of steel to be involved, with a ARB winchbar only weighing in around 30kg with wings, hoops and all

[Jim_Aus]

yea i'll weigh the winch and steel seperate before i bolt it all up..

its only a 4000lb winch so it only feels like maybe 10-15 kg......

[atari4x4]

I'd say an ARB winch bar would weight a fair bit more than 30kg's as that's what my 1/2 bar weighs & that is pretty light duty as there is no bracing for a winch or hoops.

[Jim_Aus]

what thickness plate did you use Atari??

im not making a full bar just a tray...

[Jezza86]

Yeh think they said 42 kg when I bought it but the scales read 60kg with my 12k lb winch with dyneema annd the bar. And those scales arnt friendly if you know what I mean

[Jim_Aus]

so reckon there should be any dramas with what im trying to do here??

[Jezza86]

not really as long as its mounted well and wont rip the front of the car off.
http://www.offroad-armory.com/store/ind ... uct_id=220

[Jim_Aus]

yea i've based my design off that.. slack to wait for it though..

ordered my steel, should be good to go sat morning..