Question on removing factory crossmember

jeepfreak1020

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Thornton

• Apr 2, 2013

• #1

Ok so of all the jeeps I have delt with, Ive never once had a stock crossmember that has never been touched. I know 2 of the 4 bolts are real bolts you can pull out, but IIRC arnt the front two studs? Do you just wack them off close as you can to the frame rails, drill them out and tap them or what? Im not sure what to do here.

 

VAhasnoWAVES

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Lake City, Mi

• Apr 2, 2013

• #2

in a perfect world, you can double nut the stud and it will come out. PB blaster ahead of time, and a little heat are your friend. you could also weld a nut onto the stud, and turn it out. replace with 4 new bolts.

if it breaks... well, then your looking at drilling and tapping. lol. or another creative method.

 

Starboard M

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Location

Lafayette, CA

• Apr 2, 2013

• #3

Two of the four are studs. There are nutserts on all four holes.


Some PB Blaster and a stud remover, and they come right out unless you have rust.

 

hubs97xj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Fort Wayne, IN

• Apr 2, 2013

• #4

That's an interesting looking tool. Does it work? We used PBB and a pipe wrench.

 

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ChiXJeff

Curmudgeon

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Location

SE MN

• Apr 2, 2013

• #5

Another way to remove studs is to spin 2 nuts on, lock them together, then turn the stud out.

 

Starboard M

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Location

Lafayette, CA

• Apr 2, 2013

• #6

hubs97xj said:

That's an interesting looking tool. Does it work? We used PBB and a pipe wrench.

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Works great. Tighter you turn, the tighter it clamps the stud.

 

XJensen

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Sacramento

• Apr 2, 2013

• #7

Great info thanks. I am in the middle of a bunch of mods. wanted to remove them but was not sure. Ill give it a shot now.

I hope things are the same for 2000/2001....

 

kastein

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NAXJA Member

Location

Rainy side of Washington

• Apr 2, 2013

• #8

On my jeeps with oil soaked undersides (thanks, leaky RMS!) I've never had a single issue getting them out. Even had one come out by accident when the nut seized to the stud due to trail-related thread damage.

Run a tap through the weld nuts before bolting the crossmember back on, and use antiseize, and you'll never have an issue with them in the future. I believe they're M10x1.5 but not 100% sure of that.

 

biztyke

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Vancouver

• Apr 2, 2013

• #9

on the two jeeps i had to remove these studs on double nutting was a waste of time. pb blaster and a pipe wrench worked great though....

 

anthrax323

NAXJA Forum User

Location

San Antonio, TX

• Apr 2, 2013

• #10

Mine were to short to grab with two nuts, or with a stud extractor. PB Blaster, a torch, vise grips, and lots of patience got mine out.

 

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clean4drxj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

CT.

• Apr 2, 2013

• #11

Starboard M said:

Two of the four are studs. There are nutserts on all four holes.


Some PB Blaster and a stud remover, and they come right out unless you have rust.

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I used one of these for doing this very same thing, this works great!

 

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jeepcj/jeepxj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

New Hampshire

• Apr 2, 2013

• #12

On my 2001. I took off the 2 real bolts and then bashed off the 2 weld nuts with a BFH and a large punch. I then dropped in 2 new Real grade 8 bolts and nuts.