ive mounted my winch, with a warn winch plate, now ive a question, how does one secure the winch and plate from thieves? do i grind a spot on a set of bolts and tack-weld? how are any of you guys doing it? hate to go hicking and come back with my front bumber empty, johnp
Winch security
Jan 21, 2005
20 Replies
This SEEMS like it may work
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LOL!
Ya right. I doubt that would take a hit from a rubber mallet and survive, let alone a rock or steel hammer.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sTroy wrote:
Give it a weld. And make sure is covered by insurance and documented so it can be replaced.
Welding a mounting bolt is a quick way to ruin the Grade 5 rating of the bolt.
Jerry
Rusted wrote:
True. But I would not loose too much sleep over a tack that holds the nut to the bolt to prevent it from turning. I would not heat the entire bolt up. Plus you only need to tack one bolt to make it secure, the others would be untouched, this is just to keep a thief from pulling it off with a set of wrenches one night.
I guess you could put two nuts on, and tack weld the nuts together.
Buy locking nuts they have a dimple on the side of the nut put some Leak Lock (from your local heating/cooling store) on the threads. Between the leak lock and the lock nut you will need a nut splitter to get them off.
HarryS
The scatter shield idea. Just take some 1/4" or 5/16' stock and put 2
90 degree bends in it and tack it down over the bolts. Thats what I am going to do. That or. hehe, this is kinda neck, but weld a chain to the plate and back to the frame, or just loop a chain around it and lock it.Tack-welding a piece of scrap steel over one of the bolts is a better way to protect it.
Jerry
Rusted wrote:
good thing at least you will know the cause of one of the rattle in the jeep cause by the chain... LOL "1BADYJ" a écrit dans le message de news: snipped-for-privacy@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
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RoyJ did pass the time by typing:
Actually you could do the same thing but instead of a bolt welded through, just use a padlock.
The 357 seems to be a combination that works on nearly any lock
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