Rear Frame Cross Beam 86'ed

[2badfjs]

how 'bout YOU measure, fabricate, and SELL me a crossmember?

(I am serious....PM me. if you are going to ship me steel, i'd rather pay for you to construct it).


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i can do that.
just mock it up like the stock x-member,plate it at the frame.

let me see what i can do next week.

 

[octongue]

i can do that.
just mock it up like the stock x-member,plate it at the frame.

let me see what i can do next week.

awesome!

let me know asap - i'm missing out on an excursion this weekend because i couldn't get it done myself.

thanks again

 

[octongue]

here's a pic for those of you who don't know what i'm referring to.

 

[Landcruisin'60]

WOW I thought my frame was bad. Are you sure the rest of it is sound?

 

[octongue]

WOW I thought my frame was bad. Are you sure the rest of it is sound?

No! but it's what i've got.

 

[Landcruisin'60]

Haha I hear you!

 

[2badfjs]

i can try to make it bolt on. you may have issues cleaning it up to weld.

 

[octongue]

how does that work?
I guess drill through the frame and run bolts? whatever works. i didn't think about the task of cleaning the weld spots enough for it to work well. I figured i'd beat/chisel/grind it to cleaniness and then weld it in.

let me know if you think that'd be a problem!

 

[2badfjs]

how does that work?
I guess drill through the frame and run bolts? whatever works. i didn't think about the task of cleaning the weld spots enough for it to work well. I figured i'd beat/chisel/grind it to cleaniness and then weld it in.

let me know if you think that'd be a problem!

SEE POST# 30 https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=97451&highlight=2badfjs
something to this effect but probably 3-4 bolts per side

 

[Dynosoar]

Wow! with all that oil under there I am surprised it rusted at all. Be sure to get a tetnus shot before going to work on it.

Dynosoar

 

[octongue]

Wow! with all that oil under there I am surprised it rusted at all. Be sure to get a tetnus shot before going to work on it.

Dynosoar

i don't worry about dilirium-instilling sickness, as i am already over half gone.

cut me some slack; i know it's a beater and it's my first cruiser. i have a feeling i will learn ALOT from this oily underside.


2BADFJ's -- i like the bolt on idea.

--b

 

[octongue]

Haha I hear you!

can i have a bigger version of the picture you have in your frame-off thread so I can see what that member is really SUPPOSED to look like?
it's this one:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=139254&stc=1&d=1177889490

i'd like to zoom into where the body meets that crossmember. i don't even know how it attaches there.

 

[Landcruisin'60]

Yeah, let me go get a better picture.

 

[Landcruisin'60]

Is this what you wanted?

 

[octongue]

exactly - thanks!

I think I see a hole for a bolt in the dead center of the beam we are discussing.
is that the only place that it binds to the body/floor/bed (whatever you want to call it)?

BTW, that is a kick-azz looking frame.

 

[Landcruisin'60]

Yeah there is a hole, I dont know what it is for.

Thanks, it took a lot of extra time and money but I think it was really worth it.

 

[2badfjs]

anyone else with the cancer need a bolt-on x-member?

looks like i'll be making a couple right now.

let me know

 

[lowtideride]

I would un-bolt your rear shocks til you get this done. If I doubt it will but if, the other side goes it will take out your gas and brake lines. I know friends that this happened too.

 

[2badfjs]

I would un-bolt your rear shocks til you get this done. If I doubt it will but if, the other side goes it will take out your gas and brake lines. I know friends that this happened too.

good call Al.

 

[octongue]

the bad news:

the other side IS gone.
i'll have to get the can of Blaster out. hopefully we have some here at work so i can do it before i drive the 25 miles home!