Welded or Bolted

[Eagle]

Well taht makes me feel good about the factory brackets..oh well who knows how hard he tried to yank. I just dont see brackets for the rear anywhre and ive seen hooks there so i dont know what to mount to there.

The factory only uses one hook in the rear, on the driver's side. There is a two-piece bracket that mounts to the unibody, and the hook bolts to that. The mounting bracket might still be available through Mopar. I am not aware of an aftermarket source for that, becayse most people run a hitch. I removed the stock hook and bracket from my '00 Sport to install a hitch. I'd give you the bracket, except I gave it to one of the guys in NAC more than a year ago.

 

[XJ91]

Well taht makes me feel good about the factory brackets..oh well who knows how hard he tried to yank. I just dont see brackets for the rear anywhre and ive seen hooks there so i dont know what to mount to there.

Out of the '97 parts manual... There is a rear bracket.... right click on the image, copy and paste the url into your browser and add .orig.jpg this will show you a larger image.

 

[RichP]

Here is what the rear hook looks like installed

http://www.rjpsystems.com/rearhook.jpeg

 

[chassellbandit]

or, if you already have a good hitch on there, get a reciever shackle. an example can be seen here.
http://www.custom4x4fabrication.com/recovery.html

 

[deke]

made that for the old lady's xj. scrap metal was free. bolts were found around the shop. and the hook set me back 7 bucks.

 

[jeepguy97]

deke, what does that thing in the pic mount to???

 

[Abugarcia]

I would guess he unbolts it, puts the backing plate on the top side of the unibody, drills holes, and bolts the lower peice to it sandwhiching the unibody inbetween.

 

[deke]

exactly abugarcia.
i dont see that bracket failing before the spot welded on the uni-frame rip off. the 2 bolts that aren't on the tow hook now have nuts welded in place. found some laying around the shop.

 

[jeepguy97]

So I can mount a hitch to my bumper and pull a trailer with it...why can't i mount the tow hooks to the bumper and pull on them.....

 

[deke]

a hitch that you bolt to your bumper is more or less like a step bumper on a pick-up. on my dakota the manual said something like 200 pounds tounge with 1,000 pound trailer weight.
trailers dont shock load the whole jeep either. well as long as all is going smoothly.

 

[jeepguy97]

So I guess theres just no way to do this without mounts eh. Maybe I should have u make me a custom set.

 

[deke]

for the rear? or the front?

 

[jeepguy97]

Is the one in the pic for the front or the rear? Do the front and rear look the same?

 

[jeepguy97]

Do u have pics of them mounted on the vehicle?

 

[deke]

they are for the back. no pics of them installed yet. when the girl gets back ill take some shots.

 

[jeepguy97]

Sound good, have u made any for the front???

 

[deke]

nope. thats the next project to do for her.

 

[jeepguy97]

How much might we be talkin for one of these or a set of them if u can mount two back there.

 

[jeepguy97]

I already have the hooks but id have to ship them to ya.

 

[deke]

do you have acess to a drill press and a welder? if you drilled a local metal shop could tack weld for nothing. im kind of relucant to make something like this when i haven't even tested it myself. i'll give you all the information and help i can, but making a set of these for someone else scares me quite frankly