My D40 Front Recovery Points

[siringo]

10mm plate, 3 high tensile bolts through chassis and 10mm backing plate.

 

[Old.Tony]

10mm? That ought to hold for a couple of snatches.

Did you put one on each side? That would allow the use of an equalisation strap to halve the load across the chassis rails.

 

[siringo]

Yep, one each side.
They shouldn't pull out/off.

 

[jarryd]

did u drill holes ?

 

[siringo]

Nope, holes were already there.

 

[navarian]

Nice work.Easy to get to?

 

[siringo]

Thanks mate. Yep not too9 hard.

 

[4 naving]

excellent... Did you use crush tubes between the plates so the chassis dosent deform?

 

[siringo]

yep, sure did.

 

[nismo4x4]

im looking at getting some plated made up...wtf are crush tubes?

 

[blue boy]

im thinking a "crush tube" just acts like a brace so when you tighten the bolts that run through the chassis it doesn't "crush" the chassis..

 

[siringo]

Yep, they just stop the chassis being squished in when you tighten the bolts up. You tighten up onto the tubes instead of the chassis.

 

[mike1303]

Did you make them up yourself?

 

[blue boy]

Yeah. Just abit of 3/4 inch tube or something.. Normally ya try and thread thread the through it.

 

[SimmoDRZ]

Interesting you say the holes are already there... for some reason they have done away with that.
2012 ST has no holes whatsoever in that area hey...
Oh well... out comes the drill soon I guess

 

[siringo]

Really, interesting.
I wouldn't go drilling through your chassis willy nilly. Yake a look and see if you have tapped holes both sides of the chassis where the tie down hook is.
You may be able to use them with an equalisation strap.

 

[d40ryan]

speaking of the tie down strap is this replacing the factory tie down point?

 

[siringo]

yep.........

 

[scottybobcat]

Good job mate

 

[Neilsk]

Does anyone have pics of the front recovery point on a D40 spanish 2012?

trying to work out what to do but there is no predrilled holes. can i use where the bullbar sits on the chassis? there are 2 bolts there.