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Anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 05:17 pm: | 
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My Disco came with a dealer installed, Genuine brush guard, and thus no front recovery point. The brush guard has two eyelets that I assume is supposed to be used for this purpose, however I don't think that it would be strong enough to be yanking on. Is it possible to drill through the front cross member of the frame and attach a couple tow hooks? |
Kyle
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 05:31 pm: |
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eeek , you might wanna skip the drilling and use the brush bar. Just make sure the bolts are tight and that there isnt any "Yanking" at all. If treated properlyy the bar is fine... If you go yanking away on it you will not like the results.
Kyle |
dave t (Geekforhire)
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 10:17 pm: |
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With a little help from a drill on the guard you can get 1/2" grade 8 bolts to go through it. The frame can already handle the 1/2" bolts. Bolt the brush guard on with the 'stock' bolts in the bottom holes and then tilt the brush guard up so the top bolt holes are aligned where you want it. Then drill out the guard. Put the 1/2" bolts in the top holes and repeat the process for the bottom ones. If you do it right your guard will be pretty secure. Try to get bolts that have a long enough shank so no threads are going through the frame or the guard...just stack a couple of grade 8 washers over the part of the shank that sticks out the side so you can bolt it down. Use a threadlocker on the nuts...I used red locktite on mine. On my diso this in combo with my gratech bash guard makes for a pretty solid combo. At least until I get something better.
Doing this does not make the brush guard any stronger but it will help if you need to use it as a recovery point in a pinch. I have used mine a few times without smashing it into my fenders. |
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