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Mounting A 8274

Discussion in 'Builds and Fabricators Forum' started by Buildflycrash, Oct 31, 2023.

  1. Buildflycrash

    Buildflycrash More or Less in Line. 2024 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    I just picked up this winch today. Looking for input on how best to mount this new to me 8274? Would like the fairlead to come out in the bumper to keep it low. The bumper is new and 2x3x 3/16
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    Thanks for looking. Any ideas are welcome. Photos would be great.
     
    Buildflycrash, Oct 31, 2023
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  2. Buildflycrash

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    Here’s the new front frame and bumper.

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    Buildflycrash, Oct 31, 2023
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  3. cayenne

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  4. FinoCJ

    FinoCJ 1970 CJ5 Staff Member

    Check out Julius sunken 8274....I'd copy the dimensions from TMR or Barnes off road mounting plates for the 8274 and make your own. You don't really need the bottom - its an 'upright' winch and the 'feet' mount forward on a vertical plate that you will weld to the backside of your bumper (offset to the passenger side to clear the saggy box)....having the line go through the bumper (which you will have to open a pathway and put a fairlead on the outside), certainly complicates things a bit....

    so just to really take you off-topic, check out metcalf's 8274 mount here
    https://brennans-garage.com/products/hilo-belleview-warn-winch-mounting-plate-with-guard
    he actually mounts the fairlead under the bumper and the bottom of the mount acts like a skid.....he also shows a picture with the motor winding reversed such that the wire pulls in from the top above the bumper although the winch is sunken (I think this is really cool)...
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    FinoCJ, Oct 31, 2023
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  5. Buildflycrash

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    Motor winding reversed sounds like a good trick. Can I just wind it up backwards and push the out button to come in?
     
    Buildflycrash, Oct 31, 2023
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  6. FinoCJ

    FinoCJ 1970 CJ5 Staff Member

    Maybe, but I venture an uneducated guess that you might be able to switch the wire leads from the controller to the solenoid and then you won't have to operate your controller backwards.....but not 100% sure if the motor needs to be turning a specific direction for full power, or if its bi-directional. I know they have power in and out, just not sure if its equivalent in both directions...
     
    FinoCJ, Oct 31, 2023
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  7. Buildflycrash

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    Additional info on this "reversing the spool direction"
    I contacted Metcalf and he says - the Warn 8274 winch has a braking system that only functions fully in the stock direction. An old Bellview winch can indeed be outfitted with a Bi-directional motor and function well in either direction.

    Im looking at this mount and think I'll cut it / weld it into the bumper somehow so that the Fairlead does come out thru the bumper instead of above (maybe).

    https://motobilt.com/products/m8274...tv-o3cdhiMRZzKyaBZ7Flwlu56Apf4ERoCkskQAvD_BwE
     
    Buildflycrash, Nov 1, 2023
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  9. termin8ed

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  11. danielbuck

    danielbuck Uncle Buck

    wasn't hard, just took a bit of time.I used tube cut in 1/2, and then flat pieces in-between. weld the insides, then slide it in and weld the outsides. Or just weld the outsides and smear some JB-weld on the inside seams to seal them from water.

    I later ground the welds smooth, and I don't even run a fairlead, just the synthetic line straight through the bumper. I'm running a newer style winch, but the concept is the same.


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    Last edited: Nov 1, 2023
    danielbuck, Nov 1, 2023
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  12. Buildflycrash

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    That’s nice work. Come on down to Florida and weld mine in anytime.
     
    Buildflycrash, Nov 1, 2023
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