2 inch thick ice = bent front wing

[kizz81]

hello,
been playing at sibbertoft this weekend and went in the centre lake where i got horribly stuck last year [temping fate...] didnt realise how think the ice was untill i dropped through it  :lol: ahhh well all good fun, bent the front passnger corner on my 90 any tips for straightening it? and anyone have a spare rad grill and light surround?
leson learnt smash ice first!
oh well

cheers kieran

[Saffy]

Done the same awhile back, lessons learned and have been super cautious about deep puddles and thick ice ever since. There is a lot of weight your pushing against and if the level get above the bumper then there is no strength to break the ice slabs.... the wings will lose that fight and if really unlucky it will take out the grill, radiator and intercooler too. Do it at speed and I think even shallow ice capped water might take out suspension/steering components.
To get the headlamp pointing back into the same time zone I drilled a hole and used a make shift slide/puller to pull the crushed area out as best as possible, also used existing holes and hammer a shaper from behind.


'good enough do for now repair'

wing is still like that now lol I do have a repalced wing to but never got around to fitting.

[kizz81]

cheers, looks like a pretty neat job, i was at paddocks and managed to get a replacement front panel so all i gotta do is striaghten out the wing and put some paint back on  :lol: think ill do abit of playing with a drawing pad and see if i can work out how to ge some slightly more protective bits welded on the bull bar without changing the look to much

cheers kizz

[richo]

There where 2 guys who bent the trucks the same way at tixover newyears eve

[adafish]

go in backwards...using the rear crossmember as a ice breaker,then drive out when most of ice has broke up

[military mad 110]

is your winch hydraulic or shaft driven? i keep having trouble getting mine to engage once i have spooled it out  any tips or is it on its way out?

[Saffy]

is your winch hydraulic or shaft driven? i keep having trouble getting mine to engage once i have spooled it out  any tips or is it on its way out?

PTO shaft driven but the winch itself is same as hydraulic model. I have had same issue as you, there is a thread on here somewhere. Solution was to take winch off and remove that end of winch and clean and grease the engage mechanism shaft - works a treat after, world of difference. Where the free/engage handle is there supposed to be a rubber seal between it and the winch body but when it worn or missing then crap get in there and along the shaft and gums it up.

I used the instructions here to remove that end of winch (it's easy) ...
http://www.stonefisk.com/doc-arc/Howto_STRIP_%20H14_SUPERWINCH.TXT

do stages 1 and 2, no need to take drum off or touch other end (unless you want to!! I didn't even drain oil from there) so skip to stage 8,9 and 10. No need to touch bearing. Clean up the gunk, lub and put back together.

[military mad 110]

thanks mate will give it a try! :dance:

[Saffy]

I edited the post and added a bit more after you posted - just letting you know in case u missed it.

also here is the PTO version install and user manual :
http://www.stonefisk.com/doc-arc/def_man/9326_Iss_181197_Obsolete.pdf

and the owner manual for the generic hydrualic
http://www.stonefisk.com/doc-arc/def_man/5-001-012_Iss%202.pdf