96cherokeemike

hello, just figured i would post up a few pics of my crossmember mounts i made, the factory bolt and stud got stripped out so i came up with this idea, take angle iron and weld bolts to it and use that, worked out pretty well

96cherokeemike

dont make fun of my welding, its not pretty but it holds up

evanzo

not trying to make fun of your welding, but you shouldve at least cleaned the area first, if dirt and stuff get into your bead, itll make it a lot weaker... just saying.

96cherokeemike

yea i cleaned it up a little, i plan on going back and grinding it all down and laying some more beads, was pressed for time and needed to have it to drive so this will hold up for a while anyway. thanks

89eliminator

did you even remove the undercoating? doesnt look like it.

Jeep450r

The 2 welds in the second pic look like they will hold. Not sure about the others. Not a bad idea if your bolts holes strip out though.

96cherokeemike

well thanks at least someone coments on the idea and not the ****ty welds which i know are crap but needed to get it done in a hurry because something came up halfway through the project, just thought itd be nice to show an idea to fix it seeing as a lot of people have the same problem i did

Search and destroy

And If you got drive line vibes it you just dropped it 1/4"

96cherokeemike

yea, i dont have vibes because i run a hack and tap but if i did it sure would help a little anyway.

XJ-92

looks better then how mine is setup. my bolts from my drop bracket kit were so rusted and pressed with time to finish i basically did a reverse drop bracket with some 1.5in long steel washers. has held up fine for awhile now but its only held up with 3 bolts. dont worry it will get fixed in a few weeks since thats when im free. your welds look like they will hold for awhile atleast till you get time to finish it up

Monster Mopar

Creative idea/quick fix but, it would have been a lot easier to drill out and either retap or insert a helicoil into the factory weld nut.

codyc

Did you drive it with that shock disconnected to?

93XJLI

That's haggard.

96cherokeemike

haha! yes i forgot about that, i busted the mount while wheeling last time and i drove it home like that, i fixed it last weekend though.

96cherokeemike

thought about that too, or doing what most do and cut through the floor and just put a nut in the frame, however im thinking im going to make a heavier crossmember as mine is all bent up from abuse, something that covers more of the tranny pan and transfer case area as well.