Introducing Jeep Wrangler JK/JL/JT factory hook replacement Shackle Tab Kit, designed and manufactured by HK Offroad. JK Replaces factory hooks, JL/JT Replaces or adds to the factory open ended hook with solid 3/4" thick Shackle tabs.The shackle tab is welded to 3/8" base plate mounted to factory frame mounting location using 1/2" grade-8 hardware. The shackle tab also has 1/4" gussets on its sides for side-pull load support. Includes steel cover which replaces plastic cover on JL Rubicon Bumpers. Fits JL and JT factory Steel Rubicon bumpers. Cutting of the 16 gauge steel tube (crush can) located on the fog-light housing is required as the shackle tab kit replaces the crush can. Installation instructions available for JL/JT only. JK follows similar method.
- Choose between open fog light plates or the grilled fog light plates
- This kit replaces or adds to the JL/JT factory hooks. The JK kit replaces the hooks. Used for solid recovery points and Flat Towing the Jeep.
- Kit includes two shackle tabs (one for driver side one for passenger side), Eight Grade-8 half-inch nuts and bolts, two bumper cover plates. Mounting hardware for the bumper cover plates is reused from your side wings removed from the bumper. D-RINGS NOT INCLUDED!
- Build: The shackle tabs measure 3/4" thick constructed from A572 Grade-50 Steel welded to 3/8" thick steel base plate with two 1/4" gussets on each side of the shackle tab. Indestructible is an understatement.
- ASTM A572 Grade 50 is considered a "workhorse" grade and is widely used in many applications. Steel mills produce channel and heavy beams with Grade 50. It is commonly used in structural applications, heavy construction equipment, building structures, heavy duty anchoring systems, truck frames, poles, liners, conveyors, boom sections, structural steel shapes, and applications that require high strength per weight ratio.
- Arrives bare steel