jblueridge
SILVER Star
When I removed my Cruisin Offroad skid plate, I found it was bent or arched upwards.
The bend was not a crease and was undetectable by casual inspection.
That plate has been holding up the transfer case for almost 2 years.
The aluminum rib on the case has been rubbing the steel of the skid plate all that time.
Local machine shop bent the plate back.
The nub of metal near the drain plug in this pic is unworn metal matching up to a hole in the plate.
2 or 3 mm of the rib was abraded away.
Here's the top side of plate.
The bend was not a crease and was undetectable by casual inspection.
That plate has been holding up the transfer case for almost 2 years.
The aluminum rib on the case has been rubbing the steel of the skid plate all that time.
Local machine shop bent the plate back.
The nub of metal near the drain plug in this pic is unworn metal matching up to a hole in the plate.
2 or 3 mm of the rib was abraded away.
Here's the top side of plate.