chrisquested

I need nuts and washers ? Does it matter what thread they are?

Austin85xj

still have them

rtralabama

for the nuts, yes. they need to be the same as the bolt obviously.

oreilly jeep guy

Give me order details. I'm ready

chrisquested

Broke steering box bolt and since the po got in a little wreck non of the front bolts match up..... Is it still sturdy/strong enough to winch with only 4 bolts on each side.

Ronni3

I broke one of them bolts as well. What's the best way to bore it out do I can replace it?

XJeepWerks

If you can't get all the the bolts in and plan on running a winch I would recommend either straightening the frame rails or drilling new holes to fully mount the winch bumper.

Look up the Durango steering box swap for an Xj... google can do amazing things. It's a bolt on upgrade you can find in a junkyard and now would be the perfect time to do it. Doing that swap now would be 100x easier than drilling and tapping you current box. If you can't find a Durango box, than pick up a stock Xj box at the junkyard and toss it in. They won't be hard at all to find and will provide an easy solution to your problem.

chrisquested

Ok so now I got 3 bolts on driver side and 4 bolts on passenger side.....going to send it to a welder and have him weld the bumper to the frame then should it be good to run my winch?

QWallXJ

Do all these bumpers include D-ring tabs and hardware to install the bumper?

chrisquested

Not hardware just d ring tabs

Disoriented Hillbilly

Winch mounted to recessed bumper.

QWallXJ

What hardware would you suggest to use?

98 brutus

I didn't even weld the bumper to frame I just have 3 bolts in one side 4 in the other and I've used my winch no probs at all

chrisquested

Well its bolted and welded to the jeep

chrisquested

Ok well this thread dies and comes back so much lol.....Anyways here is a pic of my bumper and winch.