i was told by a friend that the brackets on the very outside of the axles were and can be used as a winch . does anyone else know of this as well and if ya'll docan you explain. thanks
i was told by a friend that the brackets on the very outside of the axles were and can be used as a winch . does anyone else know of this as well and if ya'll docan you explain. thanks
yeah that is true
you put a pipe or some square stock in them and wrap ur cable a couple of times and hook it to ur pipe and go for it (low range only)
The main purpose of those is to tie down during transport using the front and rear D rings. The brackets on the hubs are the exact same as the ones on the rear of the truck.
You're both correct. The caps on the hubs are for the "lifting shackles" to attach to for hoisting the vehicle onto a train car, ship, etc.
But they are also designed to have the tire iron put through them for a heavy rope or cable to be tied off on and the tapered hubs on the rear axle then become a winch to extract the vehicle. I think it's in one of the manuals somewhere. I'm no good at finding those things though, so you can look if you're interested.
-- Tim Taylor
There are pics for this in the online maint. manual section of the forum under emergency recovery.
thanks fellas just wanted to be sure before i need them.
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