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Roll bar hi lift mount
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:51 pm
by Baseshakers
Thinking about mounting my hi lift between the roll bars behind the front seats. Any downsides? Recommended mounting tricks? It's been living underneath the rear seat disassembled for years now, but since the seat is gone...
Re: Roll bar hi lift mount
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:12 pm
by Kurt
Here are a few pic of my setup.
Just some "U" shaped aluminum stock, 4 hose clamps, two bolts and a pair of wing nuts, and a pair of pins to keep the wing nuts from backing off by themselves. The "U" stock keeps the head of the bolt from spinning as you put the wing nut on and off.
I put a small loop of rope where the top of the high lift mounts. I use it to temporarily hold that end of the jack up as I fasten or unfasten the base end.
I've also seen people use exhaust pipe clamps on the roll bar instead.
Re: Roll bar hi lift mount
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:31 pm
by Baseshakers
sweet! I knew you had a good setup. not that I was actually going to spend the $$$, but Q-tec's "solution" is over $80... wow. yours can be made for about $5.
Re: Roll bar hi lift mount
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:28 am
by mrfreakinwhite
On a friend's YJ we used two exhaust clamps, I think 2.5", on each side of the tail gate end.
Each clamp was bolted to the roll bar and tightened.
One end of each u-bolt was trimmed down, so one stud was longer. Then wing nuts were used.
HiLift makes tubing mounts, though.
TM-750 is adjustable for tubing 2"-3" in diameter. If this is the $80 solution you found... SHOP AROUND.
Re: Roll bar hi lift mount
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 1:29 pm
by DDewar53