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Was this a crossmember?
I was under the truck and I noticed what looks like the remnants of a crossmember. Heres a pic. Does anyone know what this is for?
Thanks
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
Wan't really across member, but tranny mounts... your truck used to have a manual shift in it, and that's where the mounts were. Had one on either side.
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
Yup. Crossmember for M/T. Someone cut it out and added auto.
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
If the truck has a 3 speed manual then it was cut out rather than drill the rivits and removed.
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
Sorry Longhorn, posted same time
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
Thanks for the info guys. Looks like I got soem rivets to pop out. Ill save em for a a stressed day when I need to take out some agression. LOL
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
Have fun - a tip from someone who recently had to do this on his ride -
When you have that chunk of xmember left, easiest thing to do is take a sawzall, sawzall the head off flush to the frame, then use a tool to pry up the remnant of metal (in taking off the head, the rivet will peel right up). This beats the hell out of wasting a good drill bit or die grinding the crap outta the thing. If you can't get the head down close to the frame, consider grinding the remnants. I did this - it's better/easier than using an air hammer. I tried drilling, grinding and chiselling for about 4 hours and got 3 rivets out... then got pissed, broke out the sawzall and in 15 minutes I had the other 5 rivets out.
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
Two words---oxygen/acetylene.
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
i found 4" grinder takes em off quick easy and neatly
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
Plazma cutter.
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
yea thats the ticket if you have one
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
How about a big hammer, chisel and a ton of agression
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
I also used A 4" grinder to take the heads of the rivets down flush. Then used A pry bar. Went well.
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
PLUS earplugs for the bystanders.
No need for them to hear all those cuss words!!!! ![]() ![]()
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Re: Was this a crossmember?
i take a cut off wheel and cut grooves in the heads. then take an air hammer to what's left of the head. had to do that when i converted my truck from a straight 6 to a 350
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