Drop a Picture of Your Bronco for a Rating

Ramble_Offroad · Jan 17, 2023

Cable Guy said:

How do you like that Zenith bumper?

BigShasta · Jan 18, 2023

SCBronco1 · Jan 18, 2023

New2This said:
like your build. what are the details on that winch

Alrighty, let me tell you about mine!

The RC hidden winch system sets the winch up behind the radiator area in the engine compartment, it is completely surrounded and does NOT fall below where the standard skid plate goes from the factory by much. It serves as a skid plate while protecting the winch at the same time. It is low and being that I haven't played with it in the mud since I had it installed in December, I don't know how much fun it will be to get unstuck from good sized mud holes when it is covered. I can NOT access the free spool option, so it must be reverse fed to me with the remote control, slower yes, but not a dealer breaker in my opinion. I don't like the cost/value of the Zeon winch, when all would gain is the electronically controlled clutch release. That seems like a failure point for me, but I have been know to be wrong before, once or twice. To clean it my plan is to hook up to my F150 and spool out until I have gotten the line out then pressure wash it as I pull the line in. I haven't really looked around it much, but being that the winch should be cleaned there has to be a way to clean it. I have taken some pictures and will attempt to attach for viewing. The Free Spool Lever view is taken from the top, under the hood and is that little rectangle "thing" with the arrow on it. I hope that this helps.

I just chatted with the folks at Rough Country, there is no way to Free Spool when using this setup, UNLESS you have really, really thin, long arms (think of The Slenderman) the only way is to reach down thru the top engine compartment and get the switch from there.
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