WARN Gen II Trans 4Mer Winch Mount Kit Instruction Manual
- June 15, 2024
- WARN
Table of Contents
WARN Gen II Trans 4Mer Winch Mount Kit
Product Information
Specifications:
- Part Number: 90130
- Upper Mtg Bracket, LH: Qty 1, Part Number 79864
- Upper Mtg Bracket, RH: Qty 1, Part Number 79888
- Hardware kit Frame Extension, RH: Qty 1, Part Number 80639
- Hardware kit Frame Extension, LH: Qty 1, Part Number 79875
- Shim, Lower: Qty 1, Part Number 79874
- Shim, Upper: Qty 1, Part Number 79892
Product Usage Instructions:
Section I: Before You Begin
- Read and understand these Installation Instructions.
- Refer to the Parts List below and to Figures A and B for your specific mounting system to become familiar with the components and hardware in this kit.
Section II: Vehicle Preparation
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Remove the bolt securing the hood latch release lever. (Refer to Figure D)
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Remove the rear bumper bolts (1 per side).
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Remove plastic fasteners securing rubber air deflector. (Refer to Figure E)
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Remove 4 bumper bolts from the front of the bumper as
shown.
Section III: Installation
Note: Follow the instructions step by step for fastest installation. Do not securely tighten fasteners until directed to do so.
Section IV: Torque Specifications
| Bolt Size | Torque |
|---|---|
| 3/8 inch | 30 lb. ft (40.7 N-m) |
| 7/16 inch | 50 lb. ft. (67.8 N-m) |
| 1/2 & 5/8 inch | 75 lb. ft. (101.7 N-m) |
FAQ
Q: What precautions should I take when drilling on the vehicle?
A: Always use extreme caution when drilling on any vehicle. Make sure that all fuel lines, brake lines, electrical wires, and other objects are not punctured or damaged when/if drilling on the vehicle. Thoroughly inspect the area to be drilled (on both sides of material) prior to drilling, and relocate any objects that may be damaged. Failure to inspect the area to be drilled may result in vehicle damage, electrical shock, fire or personal injury.
Q: What safety measures should I follow during installation?
A: Always wear safety glasses when installing this kit. A drilling operation will cause flying metal chips. Flying chips can cause eye injury. Always use extreme caution when cutting and trimming during fitting. Always remove jewelry and wear eye protection. Always use appropriate and adequate care in lifting components into place. Always insure components will remain secure during installation and operation. Always tighten all nuts and bolts securely, per the installation instructions.
Q: Why is it important to double check that all bolts are securely tightened prior to use?
A: Failure to securely tighten all bolts on the winch plate, winch, and fairlead can result in product failure which may result in vehicle damage and operator injury or death.
Trans4mer Gen II Mount System For 2008 – 2010 Ford Super Duty Bracket Kit 90130
Your safety, and the safety of others, is very important. To help you make informed decisions about safety, we have provided installation and operating instructions and other information on labels and in this guide. This information alerts you to potential hazards that could hurt you or others. It is not possible to warn you about all potential hazards associated with this product, you must use your own good judgment.
CARELESS INSTALLATION AND OPERATION CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR EQUIPMENT
DAMAGE.
READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE
INSTALLING AND OPERATING THIS PRODUCT.
This guide identifies potential hazards and has important safety messages that
help you and others avoid personal injury or death.
WARNING and CAUTION are signal words that identify the level of hazard. These
signal words mean:
- WARNING signals a hazard that could cause serious injury or death, if you do not follow recommendations.
- CAUTION signals a hazard that may cause minor to moderate injury, if you do not follow recommendations.
- This guide uses NOTICE to call attention to important mechanical information, and Note: to emphasize general information worthy of special attention.
WARNING
Failure to observe these instructions could lead to severe injury or death.
- Always use extreme caution when drilling on any vehicle. Make sure that all fuel lines, brake lines, electrical wires, and other objects are not punctured or damaged when/if drilling on the vehicle. Thoroughly inspect the area to be drilled (on both sides of the material) prior to drilling, and relocate any objects that may be damaged. Failure to inspect the area to be drilled may result in vehicle damage, electrical shock, fire or personal injury.
- Always wear safety glasses when installing this kit. A drilling operation will cause flying metal chips. Flying chips can cause eye injury.
- Always use extreme caution when cutting and trimming during fitting.
- Always remove jewellery and wear eye protection.
- Always use appropriate and adequate care in lifting components into place.
- Always insure components will remain secure during installation and operation.
- Always tighten all nuts and bolts securely, per the installation instructions.
WARNING
Failure to observe these instructions cou ld lead to severe injury or death.
- Always securely tighten all bolts on the winch plate, winch, and fairlead. Loose bolts can result in product failure which may result in vehicle damage and operator injury or death.
- Always double-check that all bolts are securely tightened prior to use.
This WARN Trans4mer Gen II system can be customized to give your vehicle a wide variety of looks, front-end protection and winch mounting capability. The system starts with this winch carrier that attaches to the truck’s frame with brackets designed to handle up to a 16500 lb winch. This provides a mounting location for a Warn winch. It is durable and good looking as a stand- alone grille guard, but can be easily upgraded with some great options! You can first add a center Grille Guard Tube that provides a mounting location for other accessories. You can add a light bar that adds even more protection and includes tabs for mounting auxiliary lights. You can mount a front receiver bracket that provides a mounting location for a multi-mount Warn winch. You may also add a receiver bracket that will handle the Warn multi-mount winch system. Finally, brush guards that protect the headlights and front corners of the vehicle can be easily added to any of the options above.
Before You Begin
- Read and understand these Installation Instructions.
- Refer to the Parts List below and to Figures A and B for your specific mounting system to become familiar with the components and hardware in this kit.
PARTS LIST FOR 90130 Bracket Kit
EXPLODED VIEW DIAGRAMS
Figure A: Large Frame Exploded View
Figure B: Mid Frame Exploded View
NOTE: Follow the instructions step by step for fastest installation. Do not securely tighten fasteners until directed to do so.
TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS
VEHICLE PREPARATION
- Remove the bolt securing the hood latch release lever.
- Remove the rear bumper bolts (1 per side)
- Remove plastic fasteners securing rubber air deflector.
- Remove 4 bumper bolts from the front of the bumper as shown.
- Remove the bumper and set it aside.
- Remove three bolts from each tow loop and discard the tow loops and tow loop bolts.
INSTALLATION
- Install the frame bracket on the driver’s side frame by setting the bracket on the frame and tilting it back to allow the rear part of the bracket to slide past the body mount bracket. It may be necessary to lightly tap the frame bracket into place. Be very careful not to damage any vehicle parts while installing the brackets. Intercoolers and hoses are close to the brackets so care should be taken not to damage, kink, or cut the hoses during installation. Once the frame bracket is in place and holes are lined up with the holes in the frame, repeat for passenger’s side frame. (See figure 1.)
- Install fasteners as shown in Figure 1, 2 and 3. Do not tighten any fasteners until instructed to do so.
- Install all of the fasteners as shown in Figure 1 through Figure 3 for both sides of the vehicle frame. Torque all of the fasteners to their specified rating.
- Use diagonal cutters or hack saw to cut off excess wire from nut with wire assemblies. Wire should be cut nearly flush with the front of the frame.
- Trim slots in the factory bumper brackets to install the front bumper. See Figure 4 and 5. Use a drill motor with ½” bit and saw or use a cutting wheel or grinder to create the slots. The center of the slots should be 36 7/8” apart.
WARNING
Drilling and Grinding operations can cause flying chips. WEAR SAFETY
GOGGLES.
Flying chips can cause eye injury.
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Reinstall the Bumper. Carefully slip the front bumper over the frame brackets. The slots that were cut into the bumper are the provide more clearance to get over the frame bracket. Reinstall the four front bolts and two rear bolts. Align the bumper up and down and side to side and tighten.
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Install the winch carrier to the mounting brackets. The inside dimension of the winch carrier is 38.0”.
Measure across the outside of the frame bracket. Subtract that from the 38.0” and that is the thickness of shims that will be required. Depending on your vehicle frame it may require you to use all 4 shims provided or none of them. The vehicle frame width has a tolerance of +/- 1.06”. Warn has provided 4 ¼” thick shims for the frame mounting brackets and 4 ¼” thick shims for the upper mounting brackets. The upper mounting brackets are only used on Large Frame Carriers.
Use a helper and carefully slide the winch carrier and shims over the frame brackets. See Figure 7. Insert a ½ x 3” long bolt and washer through each of the 2 holes in the tow hook and then through the winch carrier, shims and mounting bracket. Install a ½” washer, lock washer and nut onto each bolt. Install the 3 lower 7/16” round head bolts though the hole directly behind the tow hook and the 2 holes directly above the tow hook. Install a 7/16” washer, lock washer and nut onto each of these three bolts. If you are installing a Stainless Steel Winch Carrier you will be installing 7/16” x 2” long hex head bolts and flat washers (supplied with the carrier kit) in place of the round head bolts. Do not tighten the bolts at this time.
Repeat this for the opposite side of the winch carrier.
Install two plastic plugs into the holes as shown in the figure. If you are installing Warn Head Light Guards at this time, do not install the plastic plugs. The plugs are not used on stainless kits.
- Large Frame carrier only. Install the upper frame brackets. Use Figure 8 and 9 to determine the location of the left and right upper frame brackets. Install the upper frame bracket to the main frame bracket using the 7/16” x 1-1/2” bolts. Install a bolt and washer through each of the 2 holes in the upper frame bracket and through the main frame bracket. Install a 7/16” washer, lock washer and nut onto each bolt. Determine how many shims are needed to take up the gap between the mounting holes on the upper frame bracket and the inside of the winch carrier. Install the required shims between the bracket and winch carrier and then install the round head bolts for a black carrier or the stainless button head bolts for a stainless carrier through the winch carrier, shims and upper frame bracket. Install a 7/16” washer, lock washer and nut onto each of the 2 bolts. Repeat this for the opposite side of the winch carrier and torque all of the bolts.
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If a Warn winch is being installed at this time, install the winch per the installation instructions that came with the winch.
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Double check that all mounting hardware for the frame brackets, factory bumper and winch carrier are at their proper torque or the factory torque.
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If you are not installing a Warn Grille Guard Tube, install the 2 rubber plugs with the “W” into the large holes in the top of the winch carrier. See the exploded views in the beginning of this manual for location.
Gently push the rubber plugs into place. -
Install the hood latch release lever and tighten to factory torque values.
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Install rubber air deflector by pushing black plastic retainers back through holes in bumper.
WARNING
READ THE VEHICLE’S OPERATOR MANUAL, WINCH OPERATOR MANUAL, AND ALL WARNING
LABELS PRIOR TO OPERATION OF WINCH.
WARNING
FAILURE TO SECURELY TIGHTEN ALL BOLTS ON THE WINCH PLATE, WINCH, AND FAIRLEAD
CAN RESULT IN PRODUCT FAILURE WHICH MAY RESULT IN VEHICLE DAMAGE AND OPERATOR
INJURY OR DEATH. DOUBLE CHECK THAT ALL BOLTS ARE SECURELY TIGHTENED PRIOR TO
USE.
Warn Industries
Stainless Steel Truck Accessories
What to expect:
- Polished stainless steel combines the beauty of a chrome-like appearance with extreme durability and corrosion resistance. With a minimum amount of care, the appearance will last almost indefinitely. Unlike plating or coatings, there is nothing to peel off or wear away that would allow corrosion underneath.
- The actual appearance may not be exactly like new chrome in either the degree of luster or color. There may be fine polishing lines visible up close and small differences between mating parts of an assembly. A grille guard, for instance, may have small differences between the round tubing and the flat plate. The backside of a part may not be as highly polished as the front. However, part of the beauty and appeal of stainless actually lies in the smooth “hand-worked” appearance.
- There also is a possibility that small rust spots can appear on stainless products. They are usually due to minor iron contamination on the surface as a result of normal manufacturing and handling processes. This minor rust, if it occurs at all, is easy to remove and will not tend to spread.
Recommended care:
- Regular washing with fresh water and mild car wash detergents followed by rinsing and drying with a soft towel is the best minimum care. Beyond that, any cleaner/wax recommended for automotive finishes will work well to remove minor stains and scuffs, enhance the shine and provide protection. Always use clean soft cotton cloths. In most cases, this will be all that is required for many years. For more serious blemishes or a rust spot, use a cream metal polish recommended for stainless, aluminum, etc. Try to rub in the direction of the original polishing lines.
- Ultimately, any stainless part can be restored to a brilliant shine with power buffing processes.
Caution:
Do not use steel wool or any type of metal scraper. Do not use “Scotch Brite”
pads or abrasive powdered cleaners. Do not try to clean with muriatic acid or
any other acid.
Stainless Fasteners
Stainless steel fasteners are included in many of the stainless kits. These
fasteners provide similar corrosion resistance and appearance as the rest of
the kit. However, stainless fasteners are prone to galling when installed in
similar stainless material. It is a good idea to apply a small amount of anti-
seize compound to the threads when installing them. Care should also be taken
when tightening the fasteners to prevent rounding or deforming the corners of
the bolts. Make sure the wrenches are the correct size and fit properly. In
the case of socket heads, the wrench should have sharp, un-worn edges. With a
few precautions during assembly the products should provide years of service.
WARNING
PERFORM REGULAR INSPECTIONS ON THE WINCH, WINCH MOUNT, AND RELATED HARDWARE.
NEVER OPERATE THE WINCH OR WINCH MOUNT WITH DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. FAILURE
TO FOLLOW THIS WARNING MAY CAUSE VEHICLE DAMAGE AND OPERATOR INJURY OR DEATH.
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