ARB PTO Winch Bumper (HJ61)
There has been a few threads about fitting the factory PTO winch into an ARB bullbar but nothing definitive about how it is done just that it could be. To further complicate things, I did not realize that there were two different versions of the 60 series bar and that I had the "new style" which would change things considerably.
So anyway, this thread is my contribution to the Mud knowledge base.
The first thing that I did not realize until I began this project is that the winch is not in the centre of the vehicle and is, in fact, offset to the left side. This will be discussed later as I had to offset the hole for the fairlead. Next I elected to mount the bumper at the middle height of the three sets of holes available. I found that this position looked the best and actually covered the front indicators rather than leaving them partially exposed. There is another thread that shows what the various options are with the new style bumper.
So basically there is two main operations in getting the bumper to fit:
1) Cutting the bottom edge to allow the winch gearbox and drum to clear; and
2) Fabricating a new plate for the front "feet" of the winch to bolt to.
The first part was easy. I mounted the horns the frame rails and cut the large piece of angle iron that supports the winch so that it would fit between the horns. It is important to trim the same amount from each end of the angle so that the holes for the winch remain in the same position relative to the front of the truck keeping your PTO driveshaft aligned.
There has been a few threads about fitting the factory PTO winch into an ARB bullbar but nothing definitive about how it is done just that it could be. To further complicate things, I did not realize that there were two different versions of the 60 series bar and that I had the "new style" which would change things considerably.
So anyway, this thread is my contribution to the Mud knowledge base.
The first thing that I did not realize until I began this project is that the winch is not in the centre of the vehicle and is, in fact, offset to the left side. This will be discussed later as I had to offset the hole for the fairlead. Next I elected to mount the bumper at the middle height of the three sets of holes available. I found that this position looked the best and actually covered the front indicators rather than leaving them partially exposed. There is another thread that shows what the various options are with the new style bumper.
So basically there is two main operations in getting the bumper to fit:
1) Cutting the bottom edge to allow the winch gearbox and drum to clear; and
2) Fabricating a new plate for the front "feet" of the winch to bolt to.
The first part was easy. I mounted the horns the frame rails and cut the large piece of angle iron that supports the winch so that it would fit between the horns. It is important to trim the same amount from each end of the angle so that the holes for the winch remain in the same position relative to the front of the truck keeping your PTO driveshaft aligned.
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