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I have to replace mine due to a pull with my bumper hitch and a strap
that turned out to be a tow strap, not a snatch strap so it came up hard. Yanked the freaking cross member loose and it was only a YJ stuck in a snow bank! Got bailing wire holding it on right now...... I am going structurally strong with the cross member then I can add my spare tire carrier to it. Mike Dave Milne wrote: > > It's a good idea. The LandRover rear cross member is a massive channel > section effort, which the rear PTO came through. It was a lot more > substantial than most bumpers ! > > -- > Dave Milne, Scotland > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ > "Jeff Hendron" > wrote in message > ... > > I agree with the flimsy material they used across the frame rails in the > back. > > I had 1/4" steel cut the same size and shape as what is already back there > > welded to the existing one and then have heavy angle bracing on both sides > > where the frame rails meet the plate in the back. They use the two holes > in > > the frame near the back and two holes that go through the "cross member" > and > > bumper. > > > > > > Jeff Hendron 2003 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon > > MatrixOne Support Skyjacker 4" lift, JKS Disconnects > > Agilent Technologies Fabtech Front Bumper, Rock Krusher Rear Bumper > > Co Springs, Colorado Rock Krusher Rock Rails, Custom Swingout Tire > Carrier > > (719) 531-4319 33x12.50 Goodyear MTR's, Mickey Thompson > Classic Lock Wheels > > Bush Whacker Fender Flares, Warn XD9000i Winch > > > > Yamaha WR250ZF > > > > Dave Milne > wrote: > > : True - the factory tow bar has substantial 1/4" angle bracing and bolts > onto > > : the frame in 6 places (two each side of the frame rails, and a bolt > > : underneath each side). I wouldn't even give that pathetic piece of sheet > > : metal the dignity of the name "cross member". > > > > : Dave Milne, Scotland > > : '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ > > > > : "Mike Romain" > wrote in message > > : ... > > :> Have you ever looked at how solid the bumper is bolted on or at what > the > > :> bumper is bolted on to??? Only a few bolts into a cross member that > > :> really isn't very structural for a pull. > > :> > > :> For towing, you need the hitch bolted onto the frame or major angle > > :> bracing to hold the cross member and bumper to the frame tails if you > > :> want to have the bumper structurally sound for pulling. > > :> > > :> They correctly figure you are going to tear it off (stock bumpers with > > :> bumper hitches get ripped off all the time in an extraction, it seldom > > :> works out of mud) so figure it is safer to have a mud pit missile than > a > > :> trailer on the highway going it's own way. > > :> > > :> My $0.02, > > :> > > :> Mike > > :> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > > :> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
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