Wife finished her route and called me up to say that a part was hanging in the middle of Jeep.

Went over to the Parts jeep to grab the bolts off that one and it doesn't even have one.

My question is, my wife works the next two days, Can I just remove this brace so she can run her route tomorrow or do I need to make and hour drive to town for replacement bolts?

Thanks in advance!

 

It's not a brace per se. It's a factory skid plate. Most XJ's probably didn't even come with one.

 

yes you can remove it, permanently if u dont go off-road

 

Yeah, going to be a permanent removal since the end still connected only had one bolt that just spun. Little wiggle and it fell off with the rusty nutsert stuck on the bolt.

Transfer case was still solidly attached so figured it was just a skid plate.

Sooo sad how bad these great little rigs rust away.

23 year old Cherokee just purrs after a full tuneup and wife says it drives sooo smooth now at highway speeds after the new tires and 4 wheel alignment. Was starting to worry it had something loose somewhere with how bad it was getting. Nope, just the tires going bad.