Mid bash plate mount (no welding required)

[dwhylan]

Hi, here are some pictures of the mid mounts for my bash plates, I had one side held on with some fencing wire for a few weeks, and it did the job. I can't weld on the flat let alone vertically and I couldn't be bothered taking it somewhere to get welded so I decided to bolt some new mounts on.

I bought some 3mm angle plate and some high tensile M8 bolts, I cut and ground the 1.5 mounts left and drilled some 10mm holes. I had 25mm long bolts which were too long, I spaced them out with washers, 20mm would be better.

Here are some pictures.

Holes drilled, after a 4mm pilot hole was drilled through the angle and mounting point for better accuracy. This side has the holes 18mm in from the edge, the other side was 12mm in and it was better.
These mounts are now solid.







Bolted on


Looking at the back, I could have cut the angle down.

[ag9111]

What a great idea.
Wonder why this was never thought of before.
Had to crawl under the ute to check what you had done as it is a bit confusing even with the photo's.

Well done.

[4wd26]

nice work and great idea

[motoz]

nice work and great idea

That is a good idea. Easily replaceable as you bend them.
A nutsert into the crossmember would work well also.

[ag9111]

nice work and great idea

That is a good idea. Easily replaceable as you bend them.
A nutsert into the crossmember would work well also.

I think a nutsert would be ripped out real quick. Just think of the turning moments.

HT bolts are a better option

[Terror]

I fixed mine the same way today with a 5mm bracket from bunnings. Hopefully it holds up, and if I hit anything hard the bracket just bends instead of braking something.