Posted by Kaegi on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 8:39PM :
In Reply to: MU-2 winch posted by Dana in Ma on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 7:56PM :
Which parts are you making? Do NOT use iron if you are ever going to use the winch. Get the strongest stuff you can find. Someone on here knows what spec of steel should be used I hope.
My story about how strong the stock pieces were is: my front angle bracket had a small dent in it, I tried heat and a big hammer to straighten it out. No luck, I took it to a friends shop who had everything for working on heavy equipment, he had to use a 50 ton press to straighten out the small dent. Even he was amazed at the strength of the original steel. steve (I have had too much coffee today sorry for lengthy post)
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