noisufnoc

yeaaaah, this isn't right. there's no where the hanger on mine could bolt to, photo in a min.

found out last night when i got the title that mine came from Georgia, as i'm poking around underneath it there's a little bit of surface rust on some parts. No rot, which is good.

91WhiteXJ

Ok let's see

noisufnoc

91WhiteXJ

Bingo. Bring that rusty flat piece attach to pipe up to the two studs with nuts. Loosen and remove nuts. Slide metal over studs and screw nuts back on

noisufnoc

those studs are for the hitch, and i think they're too large of a diameter to fit through the flat piece, drill it out?

edit: doesn't even look like it'll line up that way, unless the hanger is on backwards?

91WhiteXJ

Here's how mine looked

noisufnoc

yeah, mine isn't right at all. guess i'm going to have to get creative.

noisufnoc

suppose this http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/more...767&cc=1315943 and a u bolt would fix the problem.

91WhiteXJ

Yea that would work

noisufnoc

of course the exhaust that's on there is welded in all the connections, so i can't easily replace anything with clamps. i'd need to cut off the muffler and start over.

noisufnoc

Put a spare optima red top in the xj, and turned in the old battery to autozone. While I was there I just used the $5 battery credit to pick up a universal hanger kit. I'll just dremel off the rusted hanger and use this one for the time being. It should let me bolt up to the hitch bolts. What are those torqued to usually?

91WhiteXJ

Till you feel it's tight enough lol

Photojared

generally how tightening things on a jeep goes. There are very few exceptions to this rule.

BenJammin25

I concur... Most exceptions will involve very vital components

noisufnoc

Ahh yes, the old German torque spec: Guten Tight.