Thread: ARB Crush Cans

You sure? Must have been one hell of a tap. Have a look at someone else's crush cans first?.....

All the bolt holes have a fair bit of adjustment in them, haven't just moved in on the holes?


Cheers
Kev

Originally Posted by bigkevg

You sure? Must have been one hell of a tap. Have a look at someone else's crush cans first?.....

Yes, I am sure. The bullbar got some damage to the paint in a few spots, a dent on the driver side below the fog light, the chrome aluminium loop bar above is dented and will need to be replaced, and I broke the UHF antenna.

They are not crushed all the way in, but they have definitely started to be pushed back. The tops have been pushed in and the bottoms haven't, so the bar is sitting on a bit of an angle.

Passenger side top - slightly pushed in:




Passenger side bottom - fine:




Driver side bottom - fine:




Driver side top - closed up:

Wow.
Wonder how much they're going to cost?

Kev.

Originally Posted by bigkevg

Wow.
Wonder how much they're going to cost?

No idea, hence this thread...

I rang ARB reseller up here, but being a Saturday they weren't interested told me to call back during the week. Monday is a public holiday here, so I guess Tuesday I'll find out for sure. But I'd like to know what others have paid for them to ensure that I'm not getting ripped off by some special Tassie price...

I didn't realise the vehicle had them. I'm kind of surprised. As the Sahara bar is a winch bar, so I'm surprised when winching it doesn't pull them straight again or something. I also had my recovery points mounted where the bullbar fits onto the crush cans, so that probably wasn't the greatest place.
Also of interest is the bullbar has 10 bolts securing it to the crush cans, but the crush cans have only 6 bolts securing them to the chassis rail!

Special Tassie price........probably like the special WA price!

I recently priced some cans for a smart bar for my dads ford, 450 bucks, but the weren't keen anyway as manufacturers don't usually like to supply new mounts because the bar could be damaged to a point that it effects is designed safety perameters......hope arb doesn't take this view....

Originally Posted by twr7cx

No idea, hence this thread...

I rang ARB reseller up here, but being a Saturday they weren't interested told me to call back during the week. Monday is a public holiday here, so I guess Tuesday I'll find out for sure. But I'd like to know what others have paid for them to ensure that I'm not getting ripped off by some special Tassie price...

I didn't realise the vehicle had them. I'm kind of surprised. As the Sahara bar is a winch bar, so I'm surprised when winching it doesn't pull them straight again or something. I also had my recovery points mounted where the bullbar fits onto the crush cans, so that probably wasn't the greatest place.
Also of interest is the bullbar has 10 bolts securing it to the crush cans, but the crush cans have only 6 bolts securing them to the chassis rail!

They are designed to take winching forces without problem. I think the one exception is the Toyota Landcruiser 200 series, so they have setup the crush can for impacts, and there is an additional tether on the bar to the chassis which goes through the crush can which prevents the crush can from being opened up when winching.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

They are designed to take winching forces without problem. I think the one exception is the Toyota Landcruiser 200 series, so they have setup the crush can for impacts, and there is an additional tether on the bar to the chassis which goes through the crush can which prevents the crush can from being opened up when winching.

Is that suggesting the 200 is a bloated overweight ....err....4wd?

Originally Posted by Slunnie

They are designed to take winching forces without problem.

I figured that would be the case. I guess I was more highlighting my own stupidity of mounting the recovery points on the mounting for the bullbar to crush can. While they might have been rated for winching forces, I believe snatching forces are different (more sudden impact rather than gradual building up in winching) and it might not be rated for that. I intend to move my recovery points to the wombat bar mounting location.