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money_killer
Joined: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 301 Location: Sunshine Coast - Brisbane
Vehicle: 90 WT ST Locker, Tyres
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 Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:28 pm |
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wat are u guys doing for recovery points i need some front and rear. i have a soft top wt. any bolts on easy fit kits ? i dont have any recovery points.
cheers aaron
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31zook
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9242 Location: maito
Vehicle: <3 Edna <3
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:01 pm |
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I bought some standard recovery hooks from repco drilled two holes in my chassis and bolted it in but i then took it off and noticed that the chassis had bent under the hook....
On the rear i had a piece of angle going from an outside bolt on the spring hanger and another hole in the chassis... it worked well...
But i don't know of any bolt on kits....
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DMAC
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Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1612 Location: North Brisbane
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:45 am |
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Only got around to doing this last week.
Got washer from work. They make them big at work. 100mm square and 10 mm thick. Needed to slice about 6 mm off one side.
Did some cutting and drilling.
Needed to slice a bit of the bolt head off to make it fit in here.
Altered the crush tube to allow for extra thickness.
Make sure you use high tensile bolts. I used 10mm. A couple of bucks each.
Hope this helps. Just need to source some 10mm plate. Still has to come out to fully finish it thats why its still a lttle rough. Wanted it in before the Glasshouse wheel. 
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hutch
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Joined: Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 1213 Location: SW Bris
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:18 am |
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royce
omnipotent being
Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 17216 Location: Pluto
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:26 am |
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I like to rant about recovery points on Sierras
those 8mm bolts will shear well before a strap lets go, if the dont pull from the chassis first.
on the front I am a fan of the standard point with some 32nb heavy pipe slid inside the crossmember
on the rear some 10mm plate that bolts into the towbar holes and then a towbar underneath it
these still arent strong so remember to take it easy, dont recover anything really stuck or heavy and dont let people recover you you dont know or trust, its not hard to lift and shove a zook if you have enough people to get unstuck but its real easy TO DIE if something fails
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11_evl
Joined: Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 846 Location: logan reserve, Brisb
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:51 am |
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now i have a bar made up.
sorry about the crappy pic
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Gwagensteve
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 13007 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:22 am |
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royce wrote: I like to rant about recovery points on Sierras
those 8mm bolts will shear well before a strap lets go, if the dont pull from the chassis first.
on the front I am a fan of the standard point with some 32nb heavy pipe slid inside the crossmember
on the rear some 10mm plate that bolts into the towbar holes and then a towbar underneath it
these still arent strong so remember to take it easy, dont recover anything really stuck or heavy and dont let people recover you you dont know or trust, its not hard to lift and shove a zook if you have enough people to get unstuck but its real easy TO DIE if something fails
X2
Don't knock the stock location.
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eldo
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Joined: Sat May 30, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 2770 Location: sunny coast
Vehicle: jimny
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:19 pm |
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Gwagensteve wrote: royce wrote: I like to rant about recovery points on Sierras
those 8mm bolts will shear well before a strap lets go, if the dont pull from the chassis first.
on the front I am a fan of the standard point with some 32nb heavy pipe slid inside the crossmember
on the rear some 10mm plate that bolts into the towbar holes and then a towbar underneath it
these still arent strong so remember to take it easy, dont recover anything really stuck or heavy and dont let people recover you you dont know or trust, its not hard to lift and shove a zook if you have enough people to get unstuck but its real easy TO DIE if something fails X2 Don't knock the stock location. hey guys what do you mean by stock point? my lwb has no recovery point that i can see. do you mean just the pipe that runs along the front of the chassis????
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Ridge
Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 942 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: sierra leaf sprung buggy
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:25 pm |
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eldo wrote: Gwagensteve wrote: royce wrote: I like to rant about recovery points on Sierras
those 8mm bolts will shear well before a strap lets go, if the dont pull from the chassis first.
on the front I am a fan of the standard point with some 32nb heavy pipe slid inside the crossmember
on the rear some 10mm plate that bolts into the towbar holes and then a towbar underneath it
these still arent strong so remember to take it easy, dont recover anything really stuck or heavy and dont let people recover you you dont know or trust, its not hard to lift and shove a zook if you have enough people to get unstuck but its real easy TO DIE if something fails X2 Don't knock the stock location. hey guys what do you mean by stock point? my lwb has no recovery point that i can see. do you mean just the pipe that runs along the front of the chassis???? yes there is a tie down point on it / bracket to mount a steering dampener.
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MrRocky
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 4731 Location: perth
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tore my front recovery mount right off the bit of pipe along with the rtc steering dampner. Turns out those dodgy indians that built my car only did pissy little welds one the outside, so i gave it a good grind and re-attatched it with dirty big welds on both sides.
The next step will be to smack a bit of pipe through the one thats already there to reinforce it.
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