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Mild 'Preventative' Off-roading Mods for Gen 4
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It does have a few good gouges from rocks, but i am sure the axle case could handle the bashing
Radius guards do collect mud when scraping the crest but are easily washed out
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Hmmmm - maybe look at the shape of the Jimnybits Gen4 diff guards when they are available, and how they will fit.
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Guy 2 wrote: I wasn't intending to fit a tow bar - so two recovery points, using a proper strop between them, halves the strain (more or less)?
Be careful when using a bridle - it creates a sideways crushing load on the recovery points that they may not have been designed for.
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Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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AlexK wrote:
Guy 2 wrote: I wasn't intending to fit a tow bar - so two recovery points, using a proper strop between them, halves the strain (more or less)?
Be careful when using a bridle - it creates a sideways crushing load on the recovery points that they may not have been designed for.
That is one of the reasons I was thinking towbar as it bolts to the chassis rails, I suppose the best solution would be recovery points welded to the tow bar bracket?
Black 2019 Jimny SZ5
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Let's summarise and make some assumptions:
1. Undesirable as it might be, at some point my Gen 4 imay well need need a 'snatch' recovery.
2. I will therefore need either 3 recovery points (two bolted or welded to the chassis rails at the front, and the tow bar fixture with a suitable recovery fitting), or 4 recovery points (an extra two bolted/welded to the rear - and no tow bar).
3. From what has been said, it would appear the tow bar (with suitable recovery fitting) may be the best solution at the rear - because it doesn't introduce any potential 'crushing' into the Jimny frame. However, this leaves the question of what to do in the case of a 'snatch from the front'.
4. The best solution to a snatch from the front (sorry if this is beginning to sound indelicate), would be to have a spreader bar and chains. But this sounds like a lot of extra weight to be carrying around every time you go off-road.
5. A bridle in theory might be good, but in practice could lead to damage.
6. So is there any other solution? In the case of an unavoidable snatch from the front, would just using one recovery point (attached securely to the chassis frame) be less risky than the bridle - and obviously far less weight than the spreader and chains?
7. Or is the whole thing very situation-specific? By this I mean in some situations using a single recovery point will look like less of a risk, and in others using the two with a bridle (in the absence of a recovery bar and chains) may look like less of a risk. If so then the key would be to get some recovery training as well as some off-road driver training.
And am I missing other issues here?
Thanks again - it's really helpful.
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Consensus is beginning to look like two recovery points at the front (fixed to the rails - and giving the option of which one to attach to), and tow bar rear.
In addition some training (added onto the off-road training). Plus watching some other people do it (from a safe distance).
Then I can take some holidays to my local 'swamp'.
Shrek, eat your heart out!
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Guy 2 wrote: Like it!
Consensus is beginning to look like two recovery points at the front (fixed to the rails - and giving the option of which one to attach to), and tow bar rear.
In addition some training (added onto the off-road training). Plus watching some other people do it (from a safe distance).
Then I can take some holidays to my local 'swamp'.
Shrek, eat your heart out!
You thought about getting a winch guy? There is a nice warn axon available i seen. 1.2k all in.
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