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Yeah, I did not get an installation guide and some parts were missing, but I got the winch mounted. It works great! It is nowhere near as loud as I had expected, and it has a decently fast line speed.
However, I have some questions and issues and am fully expecting to be pounced on for how I tried to work out my installation.
I am *fully* prepared to disassemble and fix anything in my setup that is not fully safe or that might cause a problem with other things. Some of it I already *know* is jacked, but that is why I am here.
School me, Wrangler Forum...
1. I did not get anything other than a very thin guide with two pics and no torque specs. Some of the included parts are not shown in the two tiny illustrations.
2. I did not get any hardware to bolt down the three power wires from the contactor to the motor. Jerry Bransford suggested they were probably M8x1.25 (he was correct, of course) and I grabbed some at Home Depot on the way home from work today.
3. An envelope with two longer mounting bolts was included with the instruction that they were to be used if the feet of the winch are mounted forward, and they were to be used to bolt the fairlead/hawse through the plate and into the square nuts retained in the winch base. Right. Got it. Okay. So then that leaves me with these two black, plastic snap-in caps. There are no holes anywhere I could find for these. They are not in the two tiny illustrations in my booklet. Since I did not get some parts, could these be to some other winch and not something I need to worry about?
4. I could not figure out what to do with the three power lines. They are too long. Or too short. Or...? I decided to try and keep them clear of the spool by running them around one of the slats in the grille. They fit nearly perfectly that way. I do not know whether they are too close to the radiator, though. Suggestions?
5. I ran the two battery cables through the same grille slot and on either side of the air box. Right now they are pretty rednecked. The holes in the connectors are too small for my military terminal bolts. I will drill them out later. Right now they are on the actual clamp bolts. I will try to clean up the routing of these two cables later.
6. WTF with the ground wire? Where did you guys put it? I ended up putting it beneath the nut on the corner of the radiator. Bad idea? I tried to hook it to the stamped steel info tag on the base of the grille, but I could not get the screw all the way out. So it is on the radiator now, running through the same slot in the grille.
Are these cables and the wire going to be damaged this close to the radiator fins?
Anyone know if there is a torque spec for the cap bolts on the frame where you mount the contactor bracket? I tightened them to what felt like it took me to get them loose. But these seem like parts that ought to have a spec. Yes? No?
Here is a packet of photos. Please feel free to ream this install. I want it to be correct. By the way, the winch works well, no arcing or places that are hot with current. I think I *may* have gotten this right, but it is - you know - critical. I want it to be correct so that it works when I need it.
Thanks!
However, I have some questions and issues and am fully expecting to be pounced on for how I tried to work out my installation.
I am *fully* prepared to disassemble and fix anything in my setup that is not fully safe or that might cause a problem with other things. Some of it I already *know* is jacked, but that is why I am here.
School me, Wrangler Forum...
1. I did not get anything other than a very thin guide with two pics and no torque specs. Some of the included parts are not shown in the two tiny illustrations.
2. I did not get any hardware to bolt down the three power wires from the contactor to the motor. Jerry Bransford suggested they were probably M8x1.25 (he was correct, of course) and I grabbed some at Home Depot on the way home from work today.
3. An envelope with two longer mounting bolts was included with the instruction that they were to be used if the feet of the winch are mounted forward, and they were to be used to bolt the fairlead/hawse through the plate and into the square nuts retained in the winch base. Right. Got it. Okay. So then that leaves me with these two black, plastic snap-in caps. There are no holes anywhere I could find for these. They are not in the two tiny illustrations in my booklet. Since I did not get some parts, could these be to some other winch and not something I need to worry about?
4. I could not figure out what to do with the three power lines. They are too long. Or too short. Or...? I decided to try and keep them clear of the spool by running them around one of the slats in the grille. They fit nearly perfectly that way. I do not know whether they are too close to the radiator, though. Suggestions?
5. I ran the two battery cables through the same grille slot and on either side of the air box. Right now they are pretty rednecked. The holes in the connectors are too small for my military terminal bolts. I will drill them out later. Right now they are on the actual clamp bolts. I will try to clean up the routing of these two cables later.
6. WTF with the ground wire? Where did you guys put it? I ended up putting it beneath the nut on the corner of the radiator. Bad idea? I tried to hook it to the stamped steel info tag on the base of the grille, but I could not get the screw all the way out. So it is on the radiator now, running through the same slot in the grille.
Are these cables and the wire going to be damaged this close to the radiator fins?
Anyone know if there is a torque spec for the cap bolts on the frame where you mount the contactor bracket? I tightened them to what felt like it took me to get them loose. But these seem like parts that ought to have a spec. Yes? No?
Here is a packet of photos. Please feel free to ream this install. I want it to be correct. By the way, the winch works well, no arcing or places that are hot with current. I think I *may* have gotten this right, but it is - you know - critical. I want it to be correct so that it works when I need it.
Thanks!
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