Thread: Runva 12k winch installed

Originally Posted by djambalawa

Thanks Billy - I do have an ARB bar - where would I get an offset hawse? Thats the feeder slot thing?

*edit* Sorry google is your friend - would this do the trick mate? standard offset Winch Hawse Fairlead 4x4 offroad bullbar rope Australian Made | eBay

That's excactly the one I have it works great

Hi Can looking at having a go fitting it this w/e.. just looking at it it seems it would fit rotated so the free spool lever is on the right of the car facing backwards... (Or left side behind winch as you're looking at it from the front). Does this sound right?

Mmmm I don't think so? You would be putting the winch in the wrong way!! The free spool lever has to be on the left side when looking at the car from the front. This is where the hole in the bull bar is to access it(arb is anyways). I'm not sure if it can be fitted the other way. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1368004218.592783.jpg

When you look at this photo, this is how it should look, needs to be rotated 90 to the rear as the stainless rods face the radiator!!

I just can't see how it bolts down - there is nothing to bolt it to that way... so I'm missing something obvious lol....

If I put it that way then it is bolted on the bottom (as I would expect) but the 4 bolt mount points on the bullbar seem to be vertical, not horizontal... the only 4 bolt holes I can see are the ones that were holding on the temporary ARB cover plate...

So I'm missing something obvious... :'/

That's the mounting holes....

Feet forwards

Hmm I think I'm getting it now... correct me if I'm wrong....

The pic isn't quite right as it show the feet down...

I will need to rotate the gearbox 90 deg forward to get the freespool lever up... ? this was the bit I didn't know about sorry....

Yes the pic is wrong hence why I said it needs rotating 90 degrees to the rear. Please feel free to send me a pm and ill give ya my mobile and chat if ya need to. Now with this winch I ended up rotating my freespool towards the front of vehicle, between the mounting holes. I also pulled it out heated it up and gave it a more of a 90 degree bend. This for me was the best fit. Remember you have to remove a lot of the air dam. I used a paint scrapper and blow torch, heat end of scapper up and push through plastic where it's to hard to use Stanley knife, and repeat.
Any questions let me know