tow hooks?
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dingus
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1056551
the trend has been just to mount to the frame rail with either some sheetmetal (thick, like 1/4") behind the frame, or some fender washers... here you can see i cut out my front bumper thinger so that a strap can get to the hook without interfering with the plastic drop-bumper thing.
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the trend has been just to mount to the frame rail with either some sheetmetal (thick, like 1/4") behind the frame, or some fender washers... here you can see i cut out my front bumper thinger so that a strap can get to the hook without interfering with the plastic drop-bumper thing.
Tug-n-pull
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1056564
this is the best way to get recovery points that i have seen! http://www.uglymutha.com/images/frontbumper/Picture 017.jpg
Look it over Tug It is a ugly mutha pork chop bumper
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this is the best way to get recovery points that i have seen! http://www.uglymutha.com/images/frontbumper/Picture 017.jpg
Look it over Tug It is a ugly mutha pork chop bumper
[addsig]pinaplebob
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1056575
I just mounted the hook under my bumper like dingus did. I had to cut the stupid piece of plasic undernieth. But they look pretty good. I bolted them on with grade 8 bolts. (spiffy blue ones from Farm and Fleet, almost want to get mirrors to show them off j/k) Anway the passenger side was a peice of cake. The drivers side is a little tight. You should double check before you drill. I ended up cutting a bigger hole so i could get the bolt into the hole i needed. But other then that it wasn't that easy. Another thing i would reccomend is get the hooks with the small metal pieces that snap closed. They hold the stap on. You definatly need them. Mine didn't come with them, and now Someone has to hold the strap until there's tenstion on it. Hey, what do you want for free?
pinaplebob[addsig]
I just mounted the hook under my bumper like dingus did. I had to cut the stupid piece of plasic undernieth. But they look pretty good. I bolted them on with grade 8 bolts. (spiffy blue ones from Farm and Fleet, almost want to get mirrors to show them off j/k) Anway the passenger side was a peice of cake. The drivers side is a little tight. You should double check before you drill. I ended up cutting a bigger hole so i could get the bolt into the hole i needed. But other then that it wasn't that easy. Another thing i would reccomend is get the hooks with the small metal pieces that snap closed. They hold the stap on. You definatly need them. Mine didn't come with them, and now Someone has to hold the strap until there's tenstion on it. Hey, what do you want for free?
pinaplebob[addsig]
pinaplebob
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1056576
I will hopefully post pics a.s.a.p My jeep is in service tomorrow so i won't have it back for a couple of days.[addsig]
I will hopefully post pics a.s.a.p My jeep is in service tomorrow so i won't have it back for a couple of days.[addsig]
pinaplebob
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1057296
ok..I mounted my hooks to the frame with two bolts and washers. I was under ther today and found that both hooks were all twised out of the frame. I would make sure you find the thickest part of the frame. I was pretty sure that I did, But i guess it wasn't. The weird thing is, I don't rember towing anything heavy, or getting towed out of anything too heavy. So i dono.
I remounted them a really weird way now. I took out the bolt on the bottom of the bumper-et and welded up a plate from the frame to the back of the hook to keep it from twisting/moving. Yes it sounds pretty weird and stupid but it looks like it is going to work. I'll take pictures of it when i can.
I'm getting bumpers for it when it gets warm so this is a temp fix for now.
pinaplebob[addsig]
ok..I mounted my hooks to the frame with two bolts and washers. I was under ther today and found that both hooks were all twised out of the frame. I would make sure you find the thickest part of the frame. I was pretty sure that I did, But i guess it wasn't. The weird thing is, I don't rember towing anything heavy, or getting towed out of anything too heavy. So i dono.
I remounted them a really weird way now. I took out the bolt on the bottom of the bumper-et and welded up a plate from the frame to the back of the hook to keep it from twisting/moving. Yes it sounds pretty weird and stupid but it looks like it is going to work. I'll take pictures of it when i can.
I'm getting bumpers for it when it gets warm so this is a temp fix for now.
pinaplebob[addsig]
jeepmaster
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1057548
so you're drillin into the frame to mount these?[addsig]
so you're drillin into the frame to mount these?[addsig]
pinaplebob
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1057601
Ok, With the way that I mounted them, and I'm pretty sure that is how dingus mounted his, is we drilled into the frame. For me, which I have no clue what I tried to pull, but I ripped one of mine out of the holes. So i was forced to come up with another way to mount them. I used the hole and a longer bolt from the bottom of the bumper-ets. And then I welded a gusset to the back of the hook. It may not look pretty, but after today (I had a little fun today) It proved to be very very stong. Hopefully soon I should have picks.
pinaplebob[addsig]
Ok, With the way that I mounted them, and I'm pretty sure that is how dingus mounted his, is we drilled into the frame. For me, which I have no clue what I tried to pull, but I ripped one of mine out of the holes. So i was forced to come up with another way to mount them. I used the hole and a longer bolt from the bottom of the bumper-ets. And then I welded a gusset to the back of the hook. It may not look pretty, but after today (I had a little fun today) It proved to be very very stong. Hopefully soon I should have picks.
pinaplebob[addsig]
jeepmaster
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jeepmaster
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1057705
oh no doubt, chrome is for the street rigs plus the black is cheaper.[addsig]
oh no doubt, chrome is for the street rigs plus the black is cheaper.[addsig]
georgepinkham
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1057919
i assume you have a cherokee, if you contact tomken, they make brackets for the front the back i'm sure of[addsig]
i assume you have a cherokee, if you contact tomken, they make brackets for the front the back i'm sure of[addsig]
jeepmaster
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1058059
so i buy those hooks, and go where to find grade 8 screws, lowes or some hardware store, then i grab a drill and drill into the frame and but those beasts in?[addsig]
so i buy those hooks, and go where to find grade 8 screws, lowes or some hardware store, then i grab a drill and drill into the frame and but those beasts in?[addsig]
MudderChuck
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1058065
The frame on the XJ isn´t much more than sheet metal. Getting inside the frame, to tighten the nuts, in most places is hard to impossible without trimming the frame ends some or unbolting a whole lot of stuff. Pulling on a couple of bolts stuck through sheet metal can result in tearing the sheet metal. The solution is to use, step 1 (maybe 1 ton)large washers behind the nuts to spread out the load some. Step 2 (maybe 2 tons) a large piece of flat steel, cut to almost fill the inside of the frame and bolting it between the nuts and hooks to spread the load even more. Step 3 (maybe 2 1/2 tons) is to buy or make a piece of flat steel or buy a bracket, that uses the frame and bumper as anchors and has the extra benefit of moving the hook outboard some, so it´s easier to get to.
The object is not to have the hooks (or bumper) seperate from the vehicle, when trying to pull someone out of a ditch and possibly end up wearing the hook (or bumper)as a hood ornament in somebodies forehead. (sorry about the wise cracks, it´s genetic, not personnal).
If your interested I can E-mail you a sketch my son made, for the tow rings on my wifes new XJ.[addsig]
The frame on the XJ isn´t much more than sheet metal. Getting inside the frame, to tighten the nuts, in most places is hard to impossible without trimming the frame ends some or unbolting a whole lot of stuff. Pulling on a couple of bolts stuck through sheet metal can result in tearing the sheet metal. The solution is to use, step 1 (maybe 1 ton)large washers behind the nuts to spread out the load some. Step 2 (maybe 2 tons) a large piece of flat steel, cut to almost fill the inside of the frame and bolting it between the nuts and hooks to spread the load even more. Step 3 (maybe 2 1/2 tons) is to buy or make a piece of flat steel or buy a bracket, that uses the frame and bumper as anchors and has the extra benefit of moving the hook outboard some, so it´s easier to get to.
The object is not to have the hooks (or bumper) seperate from the vehicle, when trying to pull someone out of a ditch and possibly end up wearing the hook (or bumper)as a hood ornament in somebodies forehead. (sorry about the wise cracks, it´s genetic, not personnal).
If your interested I can E-mail you a sketch my son made, for the tow rings on my wifes new XJ.[addsig]
jeepmaster
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1058082
maxwarpone@yahoo.com send me that diagram, we had a close call over the summer with a tow strap w. a metal hook breaking, so im trying to go as cautious as i can about this, so with the steel piece, im gonna put the steel piece next to the frame, then the washer on top of that, then the bolt?[addsig]
maxwarpone@yahoo.com send me that diagram, we had a close call over the summer with a tow strap w. a metal hook breaking, so im trying to go as cautious as i can about this, so with the steel piece, im gonna put the steel piece next to the frame, then the washer on top of that, then the bolt?[addsig]
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