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TKDx00

TKDx00

Lockers Installed
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S.Subs of Chicago, IL.
Since I and others are visual people and rather than having requests posted everywhere...

Does anyone have tucked away good pics of a GEN1's frame horns w/o the bumper attached?
 
Big_THanks

Big_THanks

Wheeling
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Location
Chattanooga
I can shoot you one later because mine is having a bumper built and I'm swinging by to check progress later.

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Tay-Lo

Tay-Lo

I'm the king of junk food!
Location
Upstate SC
BAM done


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Tay-Lo

Tay-Lo

I'm the king of junk food!
Location
Upstate SC
TKDx00 said:
A close-up would be great... please


This is a great overall view and helps alot... thanks.
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Not a problem. Thats from when I was putting my winch on and took a pic with the bumper...just cause. Sadly I don't have a close up for you.
 
TKDx00

TKDx00

Lockers Installed
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S.Subs of Chicago, IL.
I guess I should explain...

I too am planning for a new front bumper w/ winch (Shrock to be put up for sale afterwards). However after reading GrandpaX and Cyclemut talk about connecting the winch to the frame I started rethinking. Since my X is buried in snow and it's subzero temps out, I trying to see what's there to work with. Surely a heavy bumper is not attached to the horns by just a few bolts to the horn's face plate. That's why I wanted close up pics.

I saw GraniteX put plating on either side of the horns, ran a bolt and did some welding to relieve the stress on the horns. I'm curious about how thick the plate was and the placement of the bolt(s).

Unlike GrandpaX and Cyclemut's solution of cutting the horn end's off, I'm hoping not to have to cut away to rebuild. I don't have the engineering/mechanical skills they have...wish I did.
 
Tay-Lo

Tay-Lo

I'm the king of junk food!
Location
Upstate SC
They have 1 bolt on the front and 2 bolts on the outside of each frame horn. Total of 6 bolts and thats all holding my shrock on with a winch.
 
granitex

granitex

Skid Plates
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Columbus OH
The easiest way to do it is to put the winch plate on top of the frame horns with bracing on both sides of them. that way you can push the winch as far back as you want and then cut off the excess as needed. There is no need to remove the frame horns themselves

After that you can just build the rest of the bumper off of the winch plate, ie.. center section. I would also start with a production winch plate as a starting place, no need to re invint the wheel if you know what I mean.
 
TKDx00

TKDx00

Lockers Installed
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Location
S.Subs of Chicago, IL.
granitex said:
The easiest way to do it is to put the winch plate on top of the frame horns with bracing on both sides of them. that way you can push the winch as far back as you want and then cut off the excess as needed. There is no need to remove the frame horns themselves.
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This is what I was hoping to do. Try and attach the winch plate directly to the framing and keep the bumper separately attached. That way the bumper can/could be removed if need be w/o removing the winch.

granitex said:
After that you can just build the rest of the bumper off of the winch plate, ie.. center section. I would also start with a production winch plate as a starting place, no need to re invint the wheel if you know what I mean.
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Wasn't sure if a production winch plate would work. I thought I read the Smittybilt footprint was slightly different. Have to double check this .
 
TKDx00

TKDx00

Lockers Installed
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S.Subs of Chicago, IL.
Uhhh...the sun angle casted a shadow and blocks the outer edge angle line...can you redo the pic say at dusk or first thing in the morning???:uhhh:















BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA...perfect...thanks!!!:lols:
 
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