WTF?! CLASS 1 Receivers on front of XJ!!

[harwood39]

Well, i have owned my xj for 3 or 4 weeks now, and i decided to take off the flares due to hitting a dear and trim the fenders. I also decided to take off the bumper caps and trim the bumper for now. When i pulled the caps off, i found 2 class 1 receivers mounted to each frame rail. They did a really nice job of this and reinforced the frame rails very nicely. its no just some ghetto job either. Any one know what these would have been installed for? I want to say for a tow bar, but its just weird how they custom made class 1 receivers for this job. On the up side it gives me PERFECT recovery points to mount shackles to a couple hitches to slide in there.

I will post pics late tonight also for every one to see.

 

[87manche]

likely for a towbar, or one of those personal snow plw thingys.

 

[kunaji]

Is it really necessary to post this twice?

 

[harwood39]

Actually, they are class II my bad, Here are some pics.







I am working on making some D shackle/ring brackets out of class II hitches. They will work perfectly for this since they are straight and not drop down hitches. The only thing i ran into trouble with is the d-rings wont hang, they will be horisontal, not parallel to the ground due to the way the hitches are designed, and the 3/4 rings with 7/8 in pins dont fit since the shank hole is only 3/4, so im either going to grind it bigger, or buy one size smaller rings.

 

[87manche]

looks strong enough for recovery, make sure you replace the missing bolts on the passenger side, otherwise you're pulling on the stock bumper bracket.

 

[Rev Den]

Is it really necessary to post this twice?

Nope...sure wasn't.

As there is a productive thread in another forum, and this has NOTHING to do with the MWC.

It is closed.

Rev