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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central PA
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Frame crossmember rust issues.
As you can see by the pictures my middle crossmember (correct name?) has a few rust issues. What's the best fix for this? Should I start hunting a replacement piece or weld some plates over the holes? yellow arrows are the only rust problems, blue circles are the rivets that hold the piece. thanks...
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'69 Step
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marion, Texas
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Re: Frame crossmember rust issues.
I'd start looking in the boneyards..
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Deer Park, Tx.
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Re: Frame crossmember rust issues.
Drill it out, fabricate a plate to weld over the piece all the way to the edges and then reinstall with grade 8 bolts.
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Location: Murray, Kentucky
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Re: Frame crossmember rust issues.
I'd bet that piece could fall out and you'd never know it! I agree, cut out the rust and patch it.
Rg
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Re: Frame crossmember rust issues.
i would cut the rivets and remove it so you can get to the rust between the layers of metal. (between the frame and crossmember). And then patch and weld. I cut over 50 rivets off my 4x4 frame and replaced them with bolts.
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#6 |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central PA
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Re: Frame crossmember rust issues.
I think i'll go that route. The piece is secured at the top and bottom so it is still doing its job. The problem with the boneyard is that everything has a bed on it, and i'm not crawling under one for this piece! thanks for the tips, hopefully this is my only structural problem, as you can see I have a bit if surface rust on the frame.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central PA
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Re: Frame crossmember rust issues.
anyone have this part? only found on 4Wd frames I guess...
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