Can anyone here tell me what this part is on the undercarriage of a WJ? It's the lowest hanging point, and i believe a clipped a few rocks with it down at the creek today

 

Looks like ur cross member.

 

Transmission cross member.

 

what purpose does it serve?

 

it bolts to the tranny mount.

 

tranny is bolted to it ,keeps it in place and lined up

 

Is that a picture of your rig's undercarriage? You have a custom suspension setup on the rear and you don't know what purpose a transmission crossmember serves?

 

oh no thats not my jeep. thats from google images :P is there anyway to modify the cross member? it's the lowest point on my wj and it hangs pretty low

 

If that is the lowest point on your rig you need a lift bud

 

you can fab up a more flush mount crossmember pretty easy

This is on a cherokee, but you can do something similar

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...3&postcount=25

 

i'm probably the only person on this forum that's like this... but i don't want a huge lift. haha. maybe 2-3" sometime in the future, because i was grinding on rocks pretty bad yesterday. but i don't like the look of some of the lifted WJ's i've seen on the internet. some look great, but others, not so much.

 

I'm keeping my WJ stock. Here's Dave's WJ after he installed a 2" budget boost on his WJ. >https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/dl...-23666/index4/

 

That called a SKID Plate. It is supposed to be the lowest part of the vehicle except for the axels.

 

i first thought it was a skid plate as well.. but it was connected to something and others have said it was the crossmember. also, none of the other OEM skid plates are on my jeep. i'm thinking about adding some though.

 

This shows the WJ's optional factory skid plates. Scroll down >http://www.wjjeeps.com/upcountry.htm#FRSKID