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Old 04-27-2015, 09:57 AM
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Default Winch on a stock Ascender bumper

I wanted to get a winch for the blazer but didn't want to go with a servo winch.
i kinda like to see the winch on the front. i had to bend the bar on the bumper while heating it hot enuff for the plastic to soften then kept it in place until it cooled down.

well i guess it looks ok. so it went out for a run and in no time at all a part is broken.
i had to fix the vertical roller on the fair lead.

so i guess i'll share my idea on how i'm going to go about a solution to this.
right under the winch body. above the mount plate there looks to be enuff room to add a plate that will extend out a little past the fair lead from the bottom. think i'm gonna hit the work bench soon and come up with a design for the gard plate.
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