Recent content by RumbleGoat

The bad part is that I do have a spare. In my rush to pack, it didn't make it in. Home safe and with a great story!

Not home yet, but the drive shaft got us both ways on Cadillac Hill and we are currently eating lunch in Redding on the way home.....smooth sailing.

To close the loop..... This worked out GREAT!!!!! I can't thank yossarian19 enough! Sierra chapter has an open invite if you need a guide for Washington trails....Rimrock anyone?

I will be there in 10! Thanks! !!

Came down from Washington to run the Rubicon. Broke my rear drive shaft and have to have one to catch the group and drive home! AW4 and 8.25. What and where? I really appreciate it!

That is really cool. Love the MJ.

That's the plan. The next step in the project is to do some more laying under it with a tape measure thinking about force vectors and such. My current thought is to tie the tow hook brackets into the bottom of the uniframe rails and then add a couple of ribs to the winch plate to keep it...

Correct, except that they are all in front of the crossmember and push the bumper out a few inches.

That is my biggest concern also. I'm honestly not worried about the uniframe. I'm worried about the mount tilting or twisting upwards. That is 100% the problem with tow hook brackets used how they are intended. I'm hoping that the combination of connecting the two sides together and the fact...

Well. . .right now it is not impossible, but a PITA. I am working on an idea for a "key" to actuate the clutch. Basically, I clocked the clutch handle forward so I can drill a hole in the bumper and stick a T handle through the hole to catch the clutch lever. Just haven't gotten that far yet...

You could very well be right. However, I'm willing to give it a go. I promise you that a full throttle assault with a kinetic rope exerts far more pressure than an 8k winch. My experience is that the tow hook brackets are the first thing to bend. If they were connected from side to side...

The angle still matters. you want it to be as flat as possible. Meaning that there should be very little angle between the pivot points

All I did was flip the tow hook plates from side to side so that the mounts face inward. Had to carve them up a little to clear, but the shape is unaltered. Then, the TJ winch plate simply bolts on. TJ plates use the holes in the TJ factory frame rail that are intended for tow hooks as a...

A tiny bit of background first off: My project was designed to be a few things: 1. Cheap 2. Daily Drivable even when it is being worked on 3. A SLEEPER I've been wheelin' for many, many years and really wanted to get back to driving rather than pointing and shooting my Jeep. So, so far, my...

Yeah, I actually don't notice that they are even there when I get in. My wife is 5'2" and I think that the will work good for her. She doesn't mind the height, but she doesn't like stepping OVER the door sill. As for the vertical bracing. You are probably correct. They are only made out...