4Loco

So my drop brackets are coming off my frame. The self tapping bolts are stripped out. It makes me pretty uneasy since they make clunking sounds and the shift when I hit the brakes. Anybody wanna do some welding? I only need a couple beads laid out, shouldn't take too long. I'll buy ya beer!

4Loco

The red arrows show where the brackets are secured via the original control arm mounts. The red dots show where the self tapping bolts should be. The orange lines are where the welding should be.

xj wheeler

Sorry i'm no where near you, but i have to say don't drive it like that. Those bolts being loose could cause them to sheer off - catastrophic problem. I wish i could help ya more.

Slick761

Man ok I'm.looking at getting those. Where'd you gt em. I'm.looking at rocky road. And if you lose a lower c ARM your axle will swing back and stuff your tire in the fender... happened to me when I broke.the axle side. Not safe. be careful!!! If you were nearby is do it for you....

freegdr

had the same issue heres what i did drilled a 1 icn hole thru the frame above this bolt and got new bolt washers and lock washer and nut bolted together using wrench in hole to hold nuts ho more issue with stripped self tapper junk

retread

do I see a factory hole in the frame? which could be used to work a nut into

Ryan65r

I just got the rocky road brackets. They take care of that by running a plate all the way back to the trans crossmember and bolting it in there. They dont tie into the origional UCA mount though. I havent gotten them on yet but they are pure beef so I dont think that will matter. Might think about fabbing a plate that ties all the way back to the trans crossmember while your at the welding.

Slick761

Yes!!! That's what I like to hear! I've been waiting to get the spare money together to get these. Please let me know how install goes and what you think of em when your done!

4Loco

There aren't any factory holes that I can fit a nut and a wrench/ratchet in to tighten it down. Turns out that the piece I'm talking about is only a brace, the brackets are held in via the original control arm mounts. Either way, I got under there and tightened the lca bolts and the bolt that holds the bracket in at the original lca bolt hole. They were pretty damned loose! I'm probably going to get on the upper control arm bolts later today. I think it'll be good for highway driving until I weld those braces into the frame.