Winch top plate installed.

[Recovry4x4]

OK folks, I got one of the replacement winch plates from OD Iron a while back. I painted it the other day and finally took the time to install it today. The old one was quite bent and didn't want the bolts to spin out easily. Luckily I had the air and impact right there. So for about 90 seconds of effort, this is what I got. Fit and finish was excellent and it comes to you with primer already on it. A few pics.

One day I''ll do the data plates but right now it looks great.

 

[steelsoldiers]

Thanks for the product report Kenny. I wish I would have had one of those for my deuce as it was pretty mangled too.

 

[maddawg308]

Looks a lot better! I know the top plate isn't structural, doesn't really matter if its busted up or not. But it sure improves that looks of a part that's right up front!

 

[steelsoldiers]

Now you are going to have to paint the whole front of the truck Kenny. That pretty new plate makes the rest of it look rough

 

[Recovry4x4]

Yeah, it needs paint. FWIW, the winch was added by me. I liberated it from a 53 Reo many years back. Still need to clean it up.

 

[JDToumanian]

Very nice! That item ought to be a hot seller, as it seems that most winch trucks have bent up top plates - A sight which affects my eyes the same way fingernail-on-chalkboard screech affects my ears. I'll be needing a front winch for my V-18A/MTQ, which it's missing, and one of my concerns with ordering a used winch sight unseen (as from Adelmans) is that the plates would be trashed.

Jon

 

[mangus580]

Re: RE: Winch top plate installed.

Looks a lot better! I know the top plate isn't structural, doesn't really matter if its busted up or not. But it sure improves that looks of a part that's right up front!

Depends on how busted. If its broken right in half, you can have problems.... ie cable jumping the side of the spool and getting wedged.

 

[OD_Coyote]

That new top-plate looks great! It makes me want to put the new top-plate I ordered from OD Iron on my recently acquired winch, but first I have to go through the winch and make sure the innards are up to snuff.