Vehicle & Technical > Series Land Rovers
Bumper 'D' Rings
Jim-Willy:
Whoops :oops:
Me needs to read more carefully :lol:
jjsaul:
--- Quote from: "Andy the Landy" ---Jim - I've got the 'D' rings attached. Just concerned that the holes at the front of the rings line up with the weld in the bumper and have had to drill through the weld to fit them. The rear holes are attached to the long chassis/bumper bolts.
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You should be ok. Remember a decent weld is as strong if not stronger than the surrounding metal.
jjsaul:
--- Quote from: "Steel" ---
Will one of these bumpers fly quite a distance? :shock:
I'm probably not realising what part the guy's talking about by the sounds of it. I'm under the impression its infront of the dumbirons, where the bumper is strongest.
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Rich, ive seen a defender front bumper travel 30ft through the air at head height (still attached to cable) and straight through the back window of a rangie...not a pretty sight.... :shock:
datalas:
the D ring connectors are bolted to the chassis ontop of the front dumb irons, and incidently atop the bumper, but the rear two bolts do indeed go through the chassis, having passed through the bumper.
These need to be high tensile steel and will replace whatever bolts you currently have there (which almost certainly won't be) It is generally advised to fit some form of load spreading plate to the front bolts (along the bumper) and anywhere else you can fit one.
Note that this is only a good idea on the steel series bumpers, do not try it on the light weight ali replacements...
Rich_P:
Oh, erm... is the galvinised bumper from Paddocks a proper steel one or is it too weak for recovery points?
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