I have a 99 jeep cherokee. i have a push bar on the front with stock bumper. i was wondering the best idea of mounting a winch to the push bar. the push bar is bolted to stock bumper and also welded to the unibody. need help for ideas

 

u got a pic of the push bar?

 

I wouldn't mount a winch and pull with anything that is "welded" to the front of an XJ. The unibody metal is already just one step above soda can tin. I'm sure any welding done to it would just weaken it a lot. You really need a bumper that is thought out by a 50 pound head engineer type and bolted to the frame rails in like 4-5 spots back along each framerail.

 

yeah get some pics up its not that hard to mout them up and it will be super strong

 

the push par is bolted onto brackets athat are welded to the frame mounts ill have pics up tommor cuz im in class right now.

 

will put pics up tommor of the push bar and how its attached.

 

it is very strong. the only way its going is if the bumper rips off and the brackets snap on the unibody frame rails. i have pulled out several trucks that are heaviery then the cherokee and stuck in some deep rutts

 

Sure the push bar might be mounted stronger enough, but is it going to hold the winch? Does it have a big enough mounting surface to hold it? Have to see the pics before I can criticize / comment on it.

 

I think its stong enough to hold it but i might have to make like a plate so the winch mounts to the plate then the plate mounts to the pushbar

 

If the push bar is welded to the stock bumper brackets off the frame please don't use just that.

You need to extend the frame mounting points a few inches back and at least use 2 more bolts per side. 1/4" steel plate. It wouldn't be hard for a fab shop to slap a couple prices of 4"X12"x1/4" off the push bar to go down the frame rails and a few gussets. They could make the winch plate too pretty easily. Ad tie it all in.

Unless you decide to scrap the whole stock bumper and do it better and make your own with winch mount.

 

x2 on that. prolly ur best bet. otherwise u might just tear ur front end right off. seen it happen b4. not pretty

 

here are the pics of the push bar

 

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heres links to push bar srry guys new to this got to figure out picture thing. Pic of it http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/100_0772.jpg

top brackets
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/100_0774.jpg

bottom brackets
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/100_0775.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/100_0777.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/100_0778.jpg

 

That's nonwhere near strong enough to support the winch and pull with it too.

I'd just start over if I were u. Maybe instead of a Warn you could get a Smittybilt and a Rigidco, JCR, or a Logans fab winch bumper.

I had a Warn Trans4mer winch plate/push bar that looked like that. It mounted kinda like that but with 5 bolts on each side with 1/4" plate. I trusted it with tow hooks but not at all with a winch.