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Just got some Jate Rings and a quick question..

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clbarclay:
Possible not the best place for them but my home made JATE style rings on the front use the lower bumper mounting holes which take an m12 8.8 nicely. Biggest advantage is that I can get to them easily where they are, rather than the size of bolt then can take.

Either way they have worked well, having been used a number of time for fairly heavy recovery and have evan been used to towed the RRC from from the top of Pheasent Pen green lane to Bala off road site via the Wayfarer using just one of them without any problems (apart from the V8 :roll: ).

simon15:
yeah thats where i want to put some on the front too.

not sure whether to put them on or get a steering guard with rec points or get a heavy duty bumper with them on.....

Range Rover Blues:
IU've got the Discoparts ones on the front, I had to tweak them out to get them over both the steering uard and the bumper brakets.  Only problem is on a heavy recovery they move the bumper and my spotlights need adjusting.

Personally I'd like to see a little more welding on those :o

I have bent the bar on one of my front ones though.  Thing is with a high-tensile bolts (tightened up) most of the load should not be shear force on the bolt but taken by the friction between the chassis and the JATE.  Now if you do as some suggest and have them a little loose then the bolt will be in shear, they are not intended to do that.

You will find if you have them tight that they spin round to the chassis trapping your towrope in place, which is why many people have them loose.

For safety's sake use a pair of JATEs with a bridle spreading the load accross both chassis rails.  If the worst happens and one JATE lets go the friction in the bridle plus the second JATE ring will stop the recoiling rope or cable killing someone.

Steven:
JATE rings can be fitted with a towbar can they?

simon15:
im pretty sure they can just bolt in the same place .

my tow bar is coming off as i keep catching it.....

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