It’s good to live close to a Cruiser fabricator. Over the last year, my ARB bar has really started to rot out. Both headlight loops were rusted through where they mate to the flat surface of the winch cradle. I was hunting for a used bar in decent shape, considering an IronMan4x4 bar, etc. I had Dave take a look at it and he thought he could fix it.
I used to have modified ARB sidebars that bolted to my old sliders, but they wouldn’t mate easily with the new ones Dave built for me. So he built me a pair of those too. He came up with, what I think, is an ingenious mounting design.
In short, he added a short piece of tube to both the new ARB front loops and smaller diameter tube to the sliders. The sidebars fit inside the ARB mounts and he made a locking collar that slides over the sidebars and slider mounts. Confused? Here are some pictures for your amusement.
Step1 is to insert the slider in the ARB mount.
Step2 is to slide the locking collar onto the sidebar.
Step 3 is to rotate the sidebar into position.
I used to have modified ARB sidebars that bolted to my old sliders, but they wouldn’t mate easily with the new ones Dave built for me. So he built me a pair of those too. He came up with, what I think, is an ingenious mounting design.
In short, he added a short piece of tube to both the new ARB front loops and smaller diameter tube to the sliders. The sidebars fit inside the ARB mounts and he made a locking collar that slides over the sidebars and slider mounts. Confused? Here are some pictures for your amusement.
Step1 is to insert the slider in the ARB mount.
Step2 is to slide the locking collar onto the sidebar.
Step 3 is to rotate the sidebar into position.