[thunder039]

can anyone share some pictures on how they mounted there winch with there arb bull bar..

Ive had a look under mine and not sure what's the best way to go about it.

thanks

thunder

[Scales]

Ill post some pics of mine next week when I get back home, or have a look at my build thread may have some pics to help there too.

EDIT:
found the pic i was thinking of, does this help? was when i pulled winch out for a service, its pretty easy.

[thunder039]

mate that helps heaps. so you just bolted it to the 4 holes at the front of the bullbar?

[Jezza86]

yep, with 2 bottom bolts holding the fairlead in place. the blots that come with the supercheap ridge ryder arn't long enough though.
arb have a good bracket to mount the solanoid box if your plan on front mounting it.

[thunder039]

thanks alot. so looks like i need a new fairlead as the one that come with the winch is too small. do i need a roller fairlead with steal cable?
also i assume that ARB will be the best place for the correct siziing fairlead?

[Jezza86]

usually the fairlead suits the winch and the bolts that keep the winch in place also hold the fairlead.
the bolt patern on my arb bar was 254mm × 114.3 so it your winch drum is less than 254 you'll have some extra work to do, assuming yours is the same.
roller fairlead for cable. easiest to mount with the bar off the car.

[Bugsta]

I did mine with the bar on the car. I think I had to remove the fan to allow room to get it in. Before installation, I rotated the gear drum end to set the direction controller front,down.

[thunder039]

ok thanks guys, my winch bolt pattern is too small for the allocated holes. i purchased a universal mounting plate so ill make it fit probably next week

[Jezza86]

Bugsta wrote:

I did mine with the bar on the car. I think I had to remove the fan to allow room to get it in. Before installation, I rotated the gear drum end to set the direction controller front,down.

yep ive done this twice. if you unbolt the front top bolts (towards the front of the bullbar) and the bottom ones the wings and bar pivot so you can fit it in without removing the fan, but if the bolts don't line up and your holding 36kg of winch and cable up in one hand it can get a bit uncomfortable.
also if puting the winch on the bullbar check the leads are long enough, they might need extending.