hidden winch bumper/steering box brace build
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Originally Posted by lowrange2
Strange, all three of mine free spool just fine.
Looking good but how the hell are you going to get to the free spool ****? Gunna clock it?
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You're rig is rad, your jeep isn't TOO far ahead of mine, but still awesome, so it keeps me motivated. I'm also broke all the time, but when I get the chances, I always do something. my favorite bumper out there!
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I say you just need to run your arm down between the fans and the engine to turn it.
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Originally Posted by cherokee_ftw_5
You're rig is rad, your jeep isn't TOO far ahead of mine, but still awesome, so it keeps me motivated. I'm also broke all the time, but when I get the chances, I always do something. my favorite bumper out there!
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Originally Posted by lowrange2
You obviously have a different winch than I do. Mine rotates 180 degrees. That'd never work for mine.
I say you just need to run your arm down between the fans and the engine to turn it.
On topic for the thread, I cut the factory crossmember out today
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I'm also going to be building a hidden winch like this and I'm not a fan of big access holes in the bumper. Has anyone thought about using a push pull cable and remote lever kinda like a shifter? Shoot, might even mount it in the cab. My co pilots hate having to walk all the way back to the jeep just to re-engage the spool.
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Originally Posted by Lead Foot
I'm also going to be building a hidden winch like this and I'm not a fan of big access holes in the bumper. Has anyone thought about using a push pull cable and remote lever kinda like a shifter? Shoot, might even mount it in the cab. My co pilots hate having to walk all the way back to the jeep just to re-engage the spool.
I was considering some sort of lever or push-pull switch. But the lever needs to rotate 180* between spool/engaged. So I'm drawing a blank on an effective way to achieve this.
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So I might Be starting to over think things, but what about a 180* electric rotary solenoid? Or I could take the winch apart and see how it actually locks in internally. Might be simpler then that.
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Originally Posted by Lead Foot
So I might Be starting to over think things, but what about a 180* electric rotary solenoid? Or I could take the winch apart and see how it actually locks in internally. Might be simpler then that.
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Originally Posted by lowrange2
Clock it so that it points at 5 oclock. That way you can reach under the bumper and turn it...