Sharky's Compass
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- massachusetts
First off what a pain !
the latch would not release first of all = there are 2 holes on the latch that the release bar sits in placing the bar on the smaller hole got my latch working !
My new bumper tire carrier combo would not work proper no matter what i did so I had to figure it out. The arm and latch at the lowest setting was 1/2 higher than the striker on the bumper with a 33 in tire on the swingarm !
The Fix :
1. Carbide Burr party1:
I had to open up the cam/Pin hole toward the driver side to get the arm to swing lower with my carbide burr which helped alot
2. 4 1/2 angle grinder
I had to reshape the cam to fit a smaller area so i reground the round cam wheel to fit
3. Carbide burr . . . again
i was 1/4 in off still !!!
so i removed the striker pin and ground open the hole upwards until the inside nut bottomed out on the bumper on 1 of its flat sides which i used to stop the nut from spinning.
I had just enough movement in all of this to get the bumper to operate perfectly im happy with the end product but man what a pain > Be prepared to re-engineer the wheel if you buy this bumper
:gee:
https://www.northridge4x4.ca/part/76851-smittybilt-xrc-rear-bumper-w-tire-carrier[/IMG]
the latch would not release first of all = there are 2 holes on the latch that the release bar sits in placing the bar on the smaller hole got my latch working !
My new bumper tire carrier combo would not work proper no matter what i did so I had to figure it out. The arm and latch at the lowest setting was 1/2 higher than the striker on the bumper with a 33 in tire on the swingarm !
The Fix :
1. Carbide Burr party1:
I had to open up the cam/Pin hole toward the driver side to get the arm to swing lower with my carbide burr which helped alot
2. 4 1/2 angle grinder
I had to reshape the cam to fit a smaller area so i reground the round cam wheel to fit
3. Carbide burr . . . again
i was 1/4 in off still !!!
so i removed the striker pin and ground open the hole upwards until the inside nut bottomed out on the bumper on 1 of its flat sides which i used to stop the nut from spinning.
I had just enough movement in all of this to get the bumper to operate perfectly im happy with the end product but man what a pain > Be prepared to re-engineer the wheel if you buy this bumper
:gee:
https://www.northridge4x4.ca/part/76851-smittybilt-xrc-rear-bumper-w-tire-carrier[/IMG]
