What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (32 Viewers)

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carbon60 said:
No exaggeration, I've seen those loops broken at the welds on two different 80s, including one that had no signs of any off roading.
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I don't doubt it at all. Again, anything will break. There are orders of magnitude more of the stock ones installed on rigs vs the ones I don't like.. with enough time we might see one of those break the bolts. Personally I'd rather the hoop fail than both bolts, in terms of how much mass will now be moving very quickly at the end of a tensioned rope/strap. But... hopefully obviously, I'd rather none of them fail at all.

I'm just saying there's room for a better design for aftermarket 80 recovery points, and that I personally prefer the stock setup over what is currently available. The Tundra parts are a step in the right direction, addressing the undersized hoop.. but now IMO the weakest link in the chain would be the really thin base plate and needing to enlarge a hole to bolt up (reduces surface area at a critical spot). Plus, they just don't need to be so big.

A simple piece of 1/2" (or thicker) plate bolted to the bottom that extended out beyond the frame and had a hole in it for a 3/4" shackle would work great, other than it sticking out and hitting things when wheeling. Find the stock bolt grade and match that with longer hardware for the thicker plate. Everything is in-line, maximizing the strength of the mounting bolts, etc.

I don't have stock bumpers anymore to go out and see if there's an easy option I'd be comfortable with. Maybe @NLXTACY can come up with something.. though if I were a business owner I'd be concerned about the liability aspects of making recovery points without a good engineer to vet things.
 
EWiz said:
Installed the CDL switch and swapped some good parts for bad parts on the climate control. 24 year old plastic that was in Arizona is a blast to work without cracking apart. JB weld to the rescue.

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That sucks.
 
bloc said:
A simple piece of 1/2" (or thicker) plate bolted to the bottom that extended out beyond the frame and had a hole in it for a 3/4" shackle would work great, other than it sticking out and hitting things when wheeling.
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Total overkill, but I like the Marks4WD 80/100 tow points. Yes, they stick down. I'd rather bash the tow points on rocks than doing it with the bumper or winch shackle mount.
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bloc said:
I don't doubt it at all. Again, anything will break. There are orders of magnitude more of the stock ones installed on rigs vs the ones I don't like.. with enough time we might see one of those break the bolts. Personally I'd rather the hoop fail than both bolts, in terms of how much mass will now be moving very quickly at the end of a tensioned rope/strap. But... hopefully obviously, I'd rather none of them fail at all.

I'm just saying there's room for a better design for aftermarket 80 recovery points, and that I personally prefer the stock setup over what is currently available. The Tundra parts are a step in the right direction, addressing the undersized hoop.. but now IMO the weakest link in the chain would be the really thin base plate and needing to enlarge a hole to bolt up (reduces surface area at a critical spot). Plus, they just don't need to be so big.

A simple piece of 1/2" (or thicker) plate bolted to the bottom that extended out beyond the frame and had a hole in it for a 3/4" shackle would work great, other than it sticking out and hitting things when wheeling. Find the stock bolt grade and match that with longer hardware for the thicker plate. Everything is in-line, maximizing the strength of the mounting bolts, etc.

I don't have stock bumpers anymore to go out and see if there's an easy option I'd be comfortable with. Maybe @NLXTACY can come up with something.. though if I were a business owner I'd be concerned about the liability aspects of making recovery points without a good engineer to vet things.
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Black Peak Supply
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Steve D said:
Total overkill, but I like the Marks4WD 80/100 tow points. Yes, they stick down. I'd rather bash the tow points on rocks than doing it with the bumper or winch shackle mount.
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I never went looking but it makes sense someone in australia is making recovery points for 80s.

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They look pretty good to me, especially with adding another bolt/nut to the system.
 
bloc said:
They look pretty good to me, especially with adding another bolt/nut to the system.
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The photo is a bit misleading. On an 80, these only use the two stock bolt locations. Those fish-into-the-frame nuts are for other applications that use the same part #.
 
Captured nut on a stick is kinda cool. Even my stock hoops catch a pretty significant beating off road... those marks tow points would need a delrin skid so I could take a running start at an obstacle :hillbilly:
 
Y'all are killing me. Buy a bumper with real recovery points :flipoff2:.

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Steve D said:
The photo is a bit misleading. On an 80, these only use the two stock bolt locations. Those fish-into-the-frame nuts are for other applications that use the same part #.
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Guess I should have actually read the page. Thanks for clarification
 
RTH: needed to replace two bad tie rods but they were replaced before I could take measurements. Thanks John o_O

What should the steering tie-rod shaft measure end to end? Need to get this buttoned up to bust out of town.
 
Book says 1233mm/48.54in center to center.

Relay rod is 1090/42.9
 
bloc said:
Book says 1233mm/48.54in center to center.

Relay rod is 1090/42.9
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Thank you kind sir!

But it may be moot. Tie rod end was thrown away WITH the lock nut so I may have just lost. It's a BudBuilt rod so it uses locknuts instead of the clamps. One side still has it but the other side is missing. Argh!
 
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