I hate unibody!

I was doing some maintenance and a brake job on my 89 cherokee and spotted a
crack in the unibody "frame" about 10 inches in front of a rear spring's
front mount,where it is doubled for a hoist pad to go.. Lovely! I welded it
and then plated both sides. I'm sure glad this isn't my off-road Jeep.

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Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

It cracked where it was doubled already?

"Stupendous Man" > wrote in message
...
>I was doing some maintenance and a brake job on my 89 cherokee and spotted
>a crack in the unibody "frame" about 10 inches in front of a rear spring's
>front mount,where it is doubled for a hoist pad to go.. Lovely! I welded it
>and then plated both sides. I'm sure glad this isn't my off-road Jeep.
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>

> It cracked where it was doubled already?

Right at the edge of the doubler. I wouldn't have seen it if it hadn't had
undercoating making it more obvious.

It's an 89, for pity's sake, whaddya expect for a vehicle that old?

"Stupendous Man" > wrote in message
...
> I was doing some maintenance and a brake job on my 89 cherokee and spotted
a
> crack in the unibody "frame" about 10 inches in front of a rear spring's
> front mount,where it is doubled for a hoist pad to go.. Lovely! I welded
it
> and then plated both sides. I'm sure glad this isn't my off-road Jeep.
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
>

There was a company out there, forgot who they were/are, who anticipated this
problem for off road and sold a kit to gusset the area before it eventually
flexed itself in two.

John in Vegas

Bill Kearney wrote:

> It's an 89, for pity's sake, whaddya expect for a vehicle that old?
>
> "Stupendous Man" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I was doing some maintenance and a brake job on my 89 cherokee and spotted
> a
> > crack in the unibody "frame" about 10 inches in front of a rear spring's
> > front mount,where it is doubled for a hoist pad to go.. Lovely! I welded
> it
> > and then plated both sides. I'm sure glad this isn't my off-road Jeep.
> >
> > --
> > Stupendous Man,
> > Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
> >
> >

One problem with fixing unibody, or reinforcing it in a preemptive manner,
is that unless you weld it "just right" you are going to make it weaker or
more brittle. This is true of all steel, but the thicker stuff tends to be
more forgiving. Another is that if you gusset the frame, you are going to
take away what little flex it has in the first place.

Earle

"John in Vegas" > wrote in message
...
> There was a company out there, forgot who they were/are, who anticipated
this
> problem for off road and sold a kit to gusset the area before it
eventually
> flexed itself in two.
>
> John in Vegas
>
> Bill Kearney wrote:
>
> > It's an 89, for pity's sake, whaddya expect for a vehicle that old?
> >
> > "Stupendous Man" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I was doing some maintenance and a brake job on my 89 cherokee and
spotted
> > a
> > > crack in the unibody "frame" about 10 inches in front of a rear
spring's
> > > front mount,where it is doubled for a hoist pad to go.. Lovely! I
welded
> > it
> > > and then plated both sides. I'm sure glad this isn't my off-road Jeep.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stupendous Man,
> > > Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
> > >
> > >
>



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Bill Kearney wrote:
>
> It's an 89, for pity's sake, whaddya expect for a vehicle that old?