Rough Country 1080 - Manual (Page 10)

11. Use a pair of needle nose pliers to hold in the tabs of the plastic clips so the grill shell can be removed. See Photo 7.
12. Using a 21mm socket remove the frame bracket from the bumper on the driver side. Slide the bracket over the frame
horn and insert the factory bolts from the outside pointing in. Repeat on passenger side. See Photo 8.
13. Place the driver side winch plate bracket on the three frame bolts and hand tighten the nuts. Insert the tow hook and
secure with factory bolts. Hand tighten nuts. See Photo 9. Repeat on the passenger side.
14. Mount the winch to the winch plate using the hardware and instructions that was supplied with your winch.
15. Raise the winch plate and align the mounting holes, use the 8 supplied 1/2” x 1.5” bolts, washers, and lock nuts.
Tighten with a 3/4” socket and wrench. Next tighten the bumper with a 21mm wrench and the tow hooks with a
18mm socket and wrench. See Photo 10.
16. Lay the rubber splash guard over the winch, using scissors cut the rubber so you can access the disengage handle
and the winch wires.
17. If you do not have access through the bumper to the disengage handle on top of the winch. You will need to install
the disengage ext. supplied with the kit. Place the extension over the winch handle and secure with the 1/4” x 3/4”
long SHCS bolt. Tighten with a 3/16” allen wrench. See Photo 10.
18. Measure over to the right 2.25” from the center of the factory hole and place a mark. See Photo 11. Next measure
up 1.25” from the mark that you just made and drill a 3/8” hole in the plastic. See Photo 12. This hole is for the dis-
engage ext. to go through.
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