RickyCJ7
03-14-2002, 02:22 PM
Here it goes,
I whanted to change my tranny and 5 out of 6 bolts that hold my skid plate just snap. What is the best way to put it back on the frame.
I want to be able to remove it once a time so i don't want something weld permanently.
And i don't want to drill and tap the hole because the frame is not thick.
RickyCJ7
Jeep with floor shifter.:D
AzWebMan
03-14-2002, 02:33 PM
I had the same thing happen to me and I made a custom cross-member/skid plate.
The cross-member bolts to to brackets I welded onto the inside of the frame rails. The skidplate bolts up to the cross-member.
Here's probably the best pic I have (sorry):
http://www.rockrats.org/rr/pics/2_02225105058m.jpg
Cutter
03-14-2002, 02:56 PM
I helped Old Guard put a 700 in his CJ7 and of course the skid was back a bit so the holes wouldn't line up. I welded a rod to a nut and fished it into the frame , run a bolt up thru the new holes and it's still holding. He went with me on the Sept. Moab trip and drove there and back....
Grendel
03-14-2002, 02:57 PM
Drill straight through and through bolt it to the top. Aligning it has never been easier.
Eric Ruhl
03-14-2002, 03:24 PM
You could drill out each bolt and either tap it or use nutserts. I made my own crossmember and attached it to the frame with nutserts. Pics of the crossmember here if curious (no nutsert shots though, but they're 3/8" and often used for beadlocks. I got them from Rockstomper (http://www.rockstomper.com)) :
http://colorado4x4.org/er/crossmember/
ondarock
03-14-2002, 06:06 PM
Pick up some new nuts and bolts
Drill out the frame holes just a bit smaller (1/32" or so) than the widest dimension of the nut....not the faces of it, but the points.
Take one of the bolts and big fender washer and put the washer on the bolt, then the nut.
Pound the thing into the drilled out hole so that the washer just keeps the nut from popping inside the frame rail.
Take off the bolt and washer and weld around the edge of the hole/nut to hold the nut in place permanently.
Cheers.
mrreddog
03-14-2002, 06:24 PM
hey eric, thats a sweet job on the x-member, what kind,size is that tubing???
RickyCJ7
03-14-2002, 06:46 PM
Thank you guys,
I will try the nut insert because i don't really have a welder in my garage rigth now.
Ricky