The casing of the winch is made to hold square nuts otherwise it would be a pita getting a spanner or socket behind there as well as trying to hold the winch in place.
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No bolt shops in Warragul and BJ bearings don't have much in fasteners so I'm happy to pay $20 rather than drove half an hour in the wrong direction to Pakenham.
And it's not shown on the website but the bolts do have about about a 20mm shank that is not threaded.
Not sure if it matters
This is them.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/143.jpg
Anyway here's the stuff I bought... Forgot I also got a new motor input bearing to go in the top hat too
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/144.jpg
Oww nice! !. Fairlead looks good. Yeah the idea of the shank is to not bugger the housing or thread where they go through in theory. Mines just got normal bolts but it is a slight pain in the butt. . . Need to jam a screwdriver in to stop the nut turning!!
Ordered some fancy switches too =)
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/145.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/146.jpg