96rokee

how do you thread the bolts in the frame rail?
im in the process of making some but i just realized getting the bolts threaded into the frame rail is a bit of a snag.

im basing it off of hdoffroad design
and i found these pics in this install thread



you can see that the only way to get a nut in the frame rail is thru the hole where they cut..



and then they skip how to thread the bolts and just show a pic of it mounted and there instructions are to "..bolt to frame.."

well how?
theres not thread in the frame rail? and mines like in the picture where you cant get inside the frame rail without cutting it someway.

i would contact hdoffroad and ask them how they do it, but they dont have a phone number on there website...

any help is apprieciated.

katowkalin

theres a nut tack welded in the frame rail

96rokee

for some xjs with stock tow packages your correct theres a nut strip inside the frame rail

but for those without tow packages there isnt...

and you can fairly clearly see that there is no nuts welded in the holes on the frame rail..

im talking bout the 3 bolts in a line. not the OEM bolt for the shackle.
just to clarify

dubbydoo

you need to buy or make a nutstrip to slide in

96rokee

why doesnt hd off road mention this??

and where would i even slide it in without cutting a hole?

xjmarc

It slides in behind the bumper mount. In their instructions it mentions the nut strips.

96rokee

Wow.. I guess that shows how much I read.. I read everything but the first paragraph... Oops

Well Thankyou..

Nut strips shouldn't be to hard to make.

jbsjunk

JCR has them, ready to go.

http://www.jcroffroad.com/mm5/mercha...ct_Code=NTSTRP

96rokee

Appreciate it now I got something to base it off of but ima go ahead and make my own I got a bunch of scrap 3/16 so it'll only cost me the price of some bolts and paint.