Custom ARB winch bar

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Ok
Once the winch plate was good, we slipped the bar over that, with every everything lining up great, I marked the position the winch plate needed to be in and we took the bar off.

With the battery disconnected, I welded the plate in on all sides on the top.

And then welded the bar on, in the places I could access. Once that was done, we took the bar off.


The top section of the bar was measured up and cut out for winch installation and clearance.





The rest of the welding was done then, along with a bit of tidying up and holes drilled

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I used either a mig or arc welder depending on thickness of material or access to certain areas. I also tried t save the ARB sticker.



Stiffeners were added to the outside edge to safeguard against sideways pulling.





With most of the welding done, things were cleaned up, edges rounded, all holes drilled and getting ready for the next step.

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Well, we are getting close now.

Fairlead holes cut - time to bolt on the shiny bit of alloy

[reyzor]

love the pic......saftey glasses, check. gloves, check.....work boots.....errr thongs will do

[two dogs]

love the pic......saftey glasses, check. gloves, check.....work boots.....errr thongs will do

Its ok- they are double pluggers

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Fairlead is on. Time to bolt the winch in

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Right

Just about done

Final cleanup and a bit of black paint to cover it till TD gets it blasted and painted

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Ok
Bar is on and all bolted up









Two Dogs still has some work to do to finish it off, but all the basics are there now - A winch bar with better approach angles.