2020 Gladiator Rubicon
It appears I've damaged my steering damper, not so much the dent but the split casing (item 1). Coincidentally, a steering stabilizer upgrade was next on the upgrade list so not so bad timing. But could that be related to and affect my sway bar disconnect? I know exactly...
Sigh.....after doing all that to install the winch, I go unspool it to respool it tight, and it has a very frayed segment about 24" long right in the middle of the length of the cable. It's never been used by me, showed no signs of being repackaged when I open it up, and I'm within the 90 day...
It's done. Took about 6 hours and I had help for about half of it. The sypder spacer plates I ordered are on back order and out of stock everywhere so I didn't have those and had to grind the spool nob down to clear the bumper like others had to do. I did not have to ovalize the skid plate...
Got everything, except for the spyder spacer plates, they're out of stock everywhere. But I'm ok with grinding the spool handle a little bit. Attempting the install this weekend.
Tring to make sure I have all the parts before I get started.. I'm putting the Badlands Apex 12k winch on a Warn winch mounting plate on the Jeep steel bumper.. I have the winch and the winch mounting plate, and I've ordered the Spyder spacers.
Do I need a fairlead plate?
Do I or do I not...
New Jeep owner and total noob, so please bear with me. I'd like to buy and install the Apex 12k but I've still got questions about how.
1. The specs on my Gladiator say "winch ready steel bumper." I'm assuming that's underneath this plastic molding?
2. Are there any instructions on how to...