ARB Bull Bar not flat for UHF Aerial

[spike69 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close spike69]

You can get clamps from any 4WD accessory shop, ARB, etc. GME even sell them to suit their antennas. They come in black or stainless. Just need to get proper tube diameter.

Ripper thanks. Another job to the list....

[Spilsy Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Spilsy]

I have the same issue on the tabs of my 150 ARB Bar. Not sure of the exact angle, but the UHF antenna definitely leans forward.

[thebigo Member Find all posts View Profile Close thebigo]

Yeah so the response from ARB is thats the way it is meant to be and they are going to send me to machined tapered spacers to mount my aerial. To be honest i'm still not convinced that this is normal or why the hell do i not see thousands of owners whinging about having to put spacers in. I can only think the new bars are made this way or they would have to make a lot of spacers for all the bars out there.
The ARB shop i am dealing with are great but i rekon ARB head office are kidding themselves if they designed a bar to do that. It means it never would have been possible to mount anything straight on the outer edges.

[thebigo Member Find all posts View Profile Close thebigo]

OK just to finish this up i was sent machined shims and this is now installed and aerial is straight.

Many thanks to Al at ARB Nundah. Bloke knows what customer service is all about.

To ARB head office if you read this, any bullbar sold at over $2000 dollars should come with these shims standard and that is obvious now why.

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

You can get tapered washers from bolt and nut places. I think AJ made a comment about this is the past. Try locally but if you are nsuccessful there are a couple of places in Brisbane, Brendale and Geebung, that I know will stock tapered washers. By the way the tapered washers were created to give a flat bolting surface for tapered flange channels and I beams.

MJ bit of an old thread but I need some of these tapered washers, where in Geebung can I get these.

thanks Hutch

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

MJ bit of an old thread but I need some of these tapered washers, where in Geebung can I get these.

thanks Hutch

Maptco, KJ, Brisbane fasteners (in Brendale) or on line from Bolt and Industrial supplies.