Arb bullbar roller fairlead...

BIGdaddy

Expedition Leader
Is there a specific model of roller fairlead for these bumpers?

Warn wants $100.00 for theirs, but there are some cheaper options from other companies. I realized when i was shopping online that i wasn't sure if there were specific specs i needed to consider. My ARB is a deluxe model on a Trooper if it makes a difference.

Thanks!
 
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BigSwede

The Credible Hulk
For a hawse fairlead that bumper uses an offset fairlead...not sure about roller versions. I could sell you the one that came with my M8000, I went with synthetic rope.
 

BigSwede

The Credible Hulk
I didn't use the roller fairlead and steel cable that cam with my winch, have synth rope and an offset hawse fairlead on the truck.
 

Rallyroo

Expedition Leader
Did your winch not coming with a roller fairlead? I guess yours came with a hawse then. My Warn winch came with the roller fairlead. I did have to drill the fairlead to line up with the holes in the ARB bumper. I also had to change out the stock bolts within the vertical rollers to longer bolts to go through the top holes of the bumper.
 

toyotech

Expedition Leader
My arb bumper and I'm sure it goes for all arb bumper will only fit a warn roller. It has smaller rollers compared to everything else. I tired fitting the smittybilt one that came with the winch and the roller didn't turn cuz it hit the part on the bumper I'm guessing to help protect it


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BigSwede

The Credible Hulk
The Trooper ARB Bullbar was designed to work with the Warn M8000 as I recall. Don't know if the fairleads vary by model or not, but might want to make sure it will fit.
 

Inyo_man

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My arb bumper and I'm sure it goes for all arb bumper will only fit a warn roller.

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I'm running an ARB on my '02 Mitsubishi Montero, and the bolt pattern on the Superwinch X9 roller fit perfectly.
 

cdn_xj

Observer
My arb bumper and I'm sure it goes for all arb bumper will only fit a warn roller. It has smaller rollers compared to everything else. I tired fitting the smittybilt one that came with the winch and the roller didn't turn cuz it hit the part on the bumper I'm guessing to help protect it


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A little late to the party but this is correct.

There are, I believe, 2 designs for the winch mounting in the various ARB bullbars:
1) the winch mounts to a plate and the mounting bolts come up from underneath.

2) The winch is actually bolted to the inside of the front of the bullbar with the mounting bolts running horizontally through the front of the bullbar. In the case of this design there is a flange that the top of the fairlead should fit into. This will only accept a Warn-sized roller fairlead. The top flange on the bullbar is to provide support to the fairlead because you don't use the original fairlead mounting holes as you have to drill a couple of holes in the fairlead base so that the winch mounting bolts can run through them. As a result these bolts secure the fairlead at a point below the fairlead's horizontal centreline creating a moment of inertia. To combat this issue the support flange has a "lip" which holds the top of the fairlead in place and the fairlead is "bolted" to the flange by replacing the side roller pins with grade 8 bolts that run through the flange before running through the fairlead.
 

toyotech

Expedition Leader
A little late to the party but this is correct.

There are, I believe, 2 designs for the winch mounting in the various ARB bullbars:
1) the winch mounts to a plate and the mounting bolts come up from underneath.

2) The winch is actually bolted to the inside of the front of the bullbar with the mounting bolts running horizontally through the front of the bullbar. In the case of this design there is a flange that the top of the fairlead should fit into. This will only accept a Warn-sized roller fairlead. The top flange on the bullbar is to provide support to the fairlead because you don't use the original fairlead mounting holes as you have to drill a couple of holes in the fairlead base so that the winch mounting bolts can run through them. As a result these bolts secure the fairlead at a point below the fairlead's horizontal centreline creating a moment of inertia. To combat this issue the support flange has a "lip" which holds the top of the fairlead in place and the fairlead is "bolted" to the flange by replacing the side roller pins with grade 8 bolts that run through the flange before running through the fairlead.

Good to know thanks. Makes sense now


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