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So I have my winch working now, and I am working on ideas of how to mount it. Are they supposed to be mounted with the feet forward or down? Or does it matter? If it doesnt matter, then witch way is the better or stronger choice of mounting it?
From the looks of it, it looks like this one is ment to mount with the feet forward. I notice that it only has 3 of the "tie rods", there are holes for a 4th one, but its not there, it looks to me like it would be in the way of the cable if it was there. also with the feet forward, the gear lever is up top, (and the sticker lines up to read it..lol) I have a mounting plate a friend gave me, you can see it in the pic (but he said he thinks its made for a chevy, there is noting about it that lines up with anything on the jeep) I know its a warn mount because it has the "W" logo stamped in it. On it, the holes to mount the winch are forward and the hole for the cable is at the bottom, fitting perfectly with the missing tie rod. The mounting plate was given to me by a friend (not the guy I got the winch from) so the plate did not come with the winch, but it is brand new. If I was to try and mount it feet down I would have to move the tie rod, and they are not comeing loose, the bolts will probably ring off before they come out. The guy I got the winch from used it to pull cars onto a car trailer, and it was already removed and the trailer was gone, so I dont know how he had it mounted. But the studs on the motor and where the solenoid box was mounted, led me to belive he had it mounted feet down. But it doesnt really matter, I can remove a few allen head screws and rotate to motor how ever I want it. (right now the studs face the rear)
But that leads me to my next question.
I got a whole new solenoid box. The old one was a little rusty and coroded on the inside (probably from weather) and a little beat up and didnt work. I would like to keep this one out of the weather and mud/dirt because they are not weather tight. So I was thinking, is there ANY reason I couldnt (or shouldnt) mount the box somewhere under the hood? There are 3 cables that run from the box to the motor all I would need to do is get some new longer ones made, and I could mount it anywhere I want. I was thinking about mounting it on the inner fender between the brake mc and the washer and coolant bottles. I mean, its a good idea to have the hood open when winching anyways, so incase the cable breaks, its less likely to come through the windshield. So I dont really see a reason I couldnt mount it there.
And one last question. The cable at the verry end is kinked a little and has a few slivers sticking out, so I need to trim the cable back a couple feet. When I do, what the best was to make a loop? I was thinking about just looping it through the hook, then useing like 2 or 3 of those "U" cable clamps? Is that good enough? Or is there another way it should be done?
Thanks for any help you can give.
From the looks of it, it looks like this one is ment to mount with the feet forward. I notice that it only has 3 of the "tie rods", there are holes for a 4th one, but its not there, it looks to me like it would be in the way of the cable if it was there. also with the feet forward, the gear lever is up top, (and the sticker lines up to read it..lol) I have a mounting plate a friend gave me, you can see it in the pic (but he said he thinks its made for a chevy, there is noting about it that lines up with anything on the jeep) I know its a warn mount because it has the "W" logo stamped in it. On it, the holes to mount the winch are forward and the hole for the cable is at the bottom, fitting perfectly with the missing tie rod. The mounting plate was given to me by a friend (not the guy I got the winch from) so the plate did not come with the winch, but it is brand new. If I was to try and mount it feet down I would have to move the tie rod, and they are not comeing loose, the bolts will probably ring off before they come out. The guy I got the winch from used it to pull cars onto a car trailer, and it was already removed and the trailer was gone, so I dont know how he had it mounted. But the studs on the motor and where the solenoid box was mounted, led me to belive he had it mounted feet down. But it doesnt really matter, I can remove a few allen head screws and rotate to motor how ever I want it. (right now the studs face the rear)
But that leads me to my next question.
I got a whole new solenoid box. The old one was a little rusty and coroded on the inside (probably from weather) and a little beat up and didnt work. I would like to keep this one out of the weather and mud/dirt because they are not weather tight. So I was thinking, is there ANY reason I couldnt (or shouldnt) mount the box somewhere under the hood? There are 3 cables that run from the box to the motor all I would need to do is get some new longer ones made, and I could mount it anywhere I want. I was thinking about mounting it on the inner fender between the brake mc and the washer and coolant bottles. I mean, its a good idea to have the hood open when winching anyways, so incase the cable breaks, its less likely to come through the windshield. So I dont really see a reason I couldnt mount it there.
And one last question. The cable at the verry end is kinked a little and has a few slivers sticking out, so I need to trim the cable back a couple feet. When I do, what the best was to make a loop? I was thinking about just looping it through the hook, then useing like 2 or 3 of those "U" cable clamps? Is that good enough? Or is there another way it should be done?
Thanks for any help you can give.
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