schardein Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 You find some interesting things looking through the factory parts manuals. Has anyone ever seen these "towing eyes" on an XJ or MJ? I wonder if they were instead of, or in addition to the tow hooks?
eaglescout526 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 I have a set of those as NOS!! They will not mount in conjunction with the hooks. They could but they might collide with the hook and be rendered useless. They also supersede to 52059191AA
schardein Posted January 29, 2020 Author Posted January 29, 2020 1 minute ago, eaglescout526 said: I have a set of those as NOS!! They will not mount in conjunction with the hooks. They could but they might collide with the hook and be rendered useless. Cool! Can you post a pic? I wonder if they stick down far enough so if they were put to use, would the strap clear the air dam, or screw it up?
eaglescout526 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 1 minute ago, schardein said: Cool! Can you post a pic? I wonder if they stick down far enough so if they were put to use, would the strap clear the air dam, or screw it up? I will have to! I don't have a picture of them at the moment but what I can describe them as is loops with holes for mounting. They don't look like what the catalogue shows.
Eagle Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 I don't think those are intended for use with straps. I think they were to be used as attachment points for a tow bar, for those who wanted to hook up an XJ and tow it behind a camper.
Minuit Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 I saw one (but only one) on the RHD '95 I saw in the junkyard yesterday. It was on the right side of the vehicle, and there was a matching rectangular cutout in the air dam. It was fairly small, about the rough size of the factory tow hooks.
fiatslug87 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Are they large enough to accept a shackle like this? These are made from 1/2" plate.
mjeff87 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 I had the factory front towbar on my MJ (got it off an XJ in the junkyard). I vaguely remember those little brackets, I think. I was somehow able to get the tow bar and the hooks to play nice together, but I don't remember the exact setup anymore. I used to have a really nice set of pics showing how I installed it all (even had a thread on here about it a long time ago) but sadly all those old pics went away thanks to Photobucket. Here's the only pics I still have showing the towbar and hook setup I ran. I didn't use the towbar as actually intended, but rather to stiffen up things between the framerails underneath the radiator support. That bar is/was fairly stout, and added a bunch of rigidity to the front end.
krustyballer16 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 While were talking about these parts, I have some pieces that I need some clarification on.... I've got these 3 front brackets. I wanna know what each actually is... The small, half bracket (pic of part #) The medium for tow hooks And the big one with the white sticker came with Kerry's hidden winch kit...
eaglescout526 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, krustyballer16 said: The small, half bracket (pic of part #) Is that the 52000747 number? It translates into the two hook bracket.
krustyballer16 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Is that the 52000747 number? It translates into the two hook bracket. Yes, hmmm...doesnt have the tow hook bracket made into it and isnt full length. Weird. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk
eaglescout526 Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 Weird!! Unless that's what it was supposed to start out as then it got longer for the hidden winch kits.
schardein Posted January 29, 2020 Author Posted January 29, 2020 27 minutes ago, krustyballer16 said: While were talking about these parts, I have some pieces that I need some clarification on.... I've got these 3 front brackets. I wanna know what each actually is... The small, half bracket (pic of part #) The medium for tow hooks And the big one with the white sticker came with Kerry's hidden winch kit... As you probably know, the longest one is for the hidden winch. The second set of bolt holes allow the bumper to mounted further forward. Any factory brackets I've seen 85-96 have been that style. The shorter one, I want to say I've seen those on a 97-01 XJ. Perhaps they shortened it and the hidden winch wasn't an option in those years? It's odd that the bumper bracket isn't welded to it. Ive never seen one that didn't have the bumper bracket welded to it. I've got a set of brackets that the bumper brackets are pretty bent up, my plan was to one day cut them off and get new ones. Not sure why the factory chose to weld the bumper brackets to the tow hook brackets, doesn't add any strength or support to the tow hook as far as I can tell. The shortest one I've never seen or heard of before.
eaglescout526 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 This is what I have. The latest and greatest version of that tow eye. I have a pair of them. Supposedly these are found on TJs as well
schardein Posted January 30, 2020 Author Posted January 30, 2020 17 hours ago, eaglescout526 said: This is what I have. The latest and greatest version of that tow eye. I have a pair of them. Supposedly these are found on TJs as well I see, this design supersedes the old one. This definitely wouldn't work with a tow hook. I can't recall ever seeing one of these.
High2by Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 19 hours ago, eaglescout526 said: This is what I have. The latest and greatest version of that tow eye. I have a pair of them. Supposedly these are found on TJs as well Are those welded underneath? The purpose of this is to.....
eaglescout526 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Yes they are welded underneath and to tow the vehicle behind a motor home or something like that.
High2by Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 That wouldn't be strong enough for a recovery point, though...
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